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ArticleJournal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2026

"A Tangible Gift of Intangible Value": The Process of Legacy Creation Among Older Adults.

Sarah A Neller, Kristin G Cloyes, Linda S Edelman, Bob Wong, Barry Baines, Gail L Towsley

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Article in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Sarah A NellerCollege of Nursing, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3769-9447
Kristin G CloyesSchool of Nursing, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
Linda S EdelmanCollege of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Bob WongCollege of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Barry BainesHennepin Health Care Hospice of the Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Gail L TowsleyCollege of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Funding

Interdisciplinary Training in Cancer, Caregiving and End-of-Life CareT32NR013456 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI ELLINGTON, LEE A, MOONEY, KATHLEEN H · 2013 to 2022
$3.4M
NINR NIH HHS T32 NR013456
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study describes the process of older adults creating a legacy of values (e.g., legacy letter), which promotes generativity by communicating emotional and supportive instruction (e.g., values and life lessons) to others. We conducted semi-structured interviews with community-dwelling older adults (

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creativitygenerativitylegacy lettersqualitative methodssymbolic immortalitywell-being

Identifiers

PMID42262261
PMCPMC13251325

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