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Late-midlife women experience aging as a complex journey, navigating invisibility and inner-outer self conflicts while finding freedom and interconnectedness. Their experiences reveal aging as a time of anticipation, not just decline.

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Area of Science:

Gerontology
Sociology
Psychology

Background:

Aging is a multifaceted process impacting women's lived experiences.
Late-midlife is a critical period for reflecting on identity and life transitions.
Understanding women's perspectives on aging is crucial for holistic care and support.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the lived experience of aging in late-midlife women.
To investigate how meaning-making occurs through creative expression (collages).
To identify key themes characterizing women's aging journeys.

Main Methods:

Hermeneutic phenomenological inquiry utilizing reflective journaling.
Photo elicitation interviews to deepen understanding.
Collage creation as a method for meaning-making.

Main Results:

Four emergent themes: Invisibility (feeling overlooked), Conflicted Self (inner vs. outer being), Freedom (releasing expectations), and Relationality (interconnectedness).
Women's narratives and collages depicted aging as a holistic experience.
Aging was characterized not solely by decline but also by anticipation and growth.

Conclusions:

Late-midlife women's aging experiences are complex, involving challenges and opportunities.
Creative methods like collage facilitate profound self-understanding and meaning-making in aging.
Aging can be viewed as a dynamic period of anticipation and self-realization.