This special issue examines how older adults anticipate and manage their futures through migration. Although ageing is often associated with decline towards the end-of-life, it is still a life stage where (the lack of) planning for the future can profoundly impact the life outcomes of older adults and their caregivers. This collection illustrates different ways migration can impact ageing. For some, perceptions and depictions of the future lead older adults to turn to migration to improve their prospects of ageing well although they continue to face constraints while ageing abroad. For others, the migration of younger family members exacerbates the stress of eldercare felt by non-migrant caregivers. Collectively, the papers focus on how countries in Asia function as source and destination sites for ageing-related migration, while also forging transnational connections with the Global North. Focusing on ageing futures allows us to link the current and future lives of migrants and non-migrants, across generations and space.

本期特刊探讨老年人如何通过移民预测和管理他们的未来。尽管衰老通常与走向生命末期的衰退有关，但它仍然是一个生命阶段，（缺乏）对未来的规划会深刻影响老年人及其照顾者的生活结果。该集合说明了迁移影响老龄化的不同方式。对于一些人来说，对未来的看法和描绘导致老年人转向移民以改善他们的老龄化前景，尽管他们在国外老龄化时继续面临限制。对于其他人来说，年轻家庭成员的迁移加剧了非移民护理人员的养老压力。总的来说，这些论文关注亚洲国家如何作为老龄化相关移民的来源地和目的地地发挥作用，同时还与全球北方建立跨国联系。关注老龄化的未来使我们能够跨越世代和空间将移民和非移民的当前和未来生活联系起来。