Kenzie Mintus
@KenzieMintusPhD
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Associate Professor of Sociology at IU Indy. Research interests include health, aging, and disability.
Indianapolis, IN
Joined June 2012
Coincidentally, my summer plans include working on my book manuscript: Growing Old at Home: How Age-Friendly Communities and Policies Keep Us Healthy & Connected. I argue that we can redesign our neighborhood environments to reduce loneliness/isolation among older adults.
NEW: Today, I released a Surgeon General's Advisory on the epidemic of loneliness and isolation facing our country, the destructive impacts it has on our collective health, and the extraordinary healing power of our relationships. #Connect2Heal 1/8
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RT @JofHSB: In honor of #InternationalDayOfPersonsWithDisabilities.Learn about the strong associations between childhood disabilities and m….
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RT @chrisuggen: New study shows that experiencing incarceration or homelessness—alone or together—is associated with earlier cognitive agin….
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I've used this space for over a dozen years to connect with colleagues and friends. It was instrumental to me as an ECR. I have met so many wonderful people on here. I hope we can continue to connect over at Bluesky (or LinkedIn).
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RT @umichsph: Grandparents help grandkids in many ways, but the reverse may be true too. Less loneliness and better mental health seen amon….
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RT @GeronMedia: #JGSSAdvAccess research by Eun Young Choi & @DrAilshire finds that stressful neighborhood environments accelerate epigeneti….
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RT @jasonwong_yh: 📚🚀New work! Using time diary data, we find that 74% of U.S. older adults are actively engaged in social and productive ac….
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RT @MiCDA_UMISR: New work from MiCDA @umisr @UM_SRC affiliate Vicki Freedman et al in The Gerontologist (@geronmedia). Caregiving Trajector….
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RT @AARPpolicy: Most older adults live on fixed, often modest incomes, with budgets that can’t withstand rapid cost increases. But going wi….
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I'm prepping for my place and health graduate seminar, and I am reminded of my most liked post. Social capital, will we ever truly know thee?.
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RT @MiCDA_UMISR: New work from MiCDA @umisr @umichsph @um_psychology @UM_SRC @UM_PSC @RCGD_ISR affiliates Ketlyne Sol, Jacqui Smith, @EpiKo….
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RT @MiCDA_UMISR: New work from MiCDA @umisr @UM_SRC affiliate Vicki Freedman in Innovation in Aging. Examining Care Network Characteristics….
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RT @UM_SRC: .@ShangYongxin & @spattersearch used @NHATS_NSOC to describe the prevalence of having someone as both a confidant and a caregiv….
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RT @PDrentea: I’m happy to share our new study on grandparenting and physical activity! We found that greater grandparenting intensity is l….
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RT @uche_blackstock: White physicians shun Medicaid patients. New study shows that Black and Latino physicians are bearing a disproportiona….
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RT @haomingsongsoc: Life course scholars et al., a great opportunity to learn about the strategies and challenges on comparative life cours….
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RT @CAPS_research: 📢New brief featuring CAPS affiliates, @scottdlandes, @smonnat & coauthor finds US adults w self-care disability report….
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RT @ia4phs: #IAPHS2024 Plenary speaker Eileen Crimmins puts US life expectancy in context with the rest of the world. We are "not just the….
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Link to chapter: Thank you to Sara Green, Allison Carey, Heather Dillaway, Carrie Shandra, and Alexis Bender for nominating our work, and additional thanks to all those involved in putting together a phenomenal volume of RSSD.
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