M Aaron Guest
Biographic Data
| ID | 3561881 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Aaron Guest |
| GIVEN NAMES | M Aaron |
| FAMILY NAME | Guest |
| SIGNATURE | GUEST M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7356-3734 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Resilient Connections
Research on dementia care partners often emphasizes the dyadic relationship, overlooking broader social networks that shape care partners’ well-being and resilience. This study examines how social network composition and quality influence care partner outcomes. We conducted ego-centric social network structured interviews with 179 unpaid care partners of individuals living with dementia. We used regression models to test our hypothesis, with hier…
Accelerated Social Aging in the Lesbian and Gay Community
Objectives Lesbian and gay individuals face unique experiences and expectations associated with growing older. Methods In a pilot study of perceptions of aging in lesbian and gay adults, 45 gay and 46 lesbian adult participants (ages = 55–87, 70% white) self-reported their health, perceptions of aging, community engagement, identity congruence, and stressful experiences. Results Accounting for age, health, subjective socioeconomic status, and rac…
Assessment of LGBT Needs and Health in Kentucky
Mapping the Trajectories of Social Relations for White, Black, and Hispanic/Latino Individuals Approaching Death With Dementia
Objectives Larger social networks are associated with a lower risk of dementia, but little is known about how social networks shift as someone with dementia approaches death. We investigate these shifts while giving special attention to race and ethnicity, which are related to different dementia patterns, social network sizes, and social network makeup. Methods This study included 2,301 deceased people with dementia from the Health and Retirement…
Names Matter
College students’ life course drawings and their descriptions
Drawing is an effective method to understand attitudes and beliefs on aging, but the subject matter without an explanation can be misinterpreted. We explored college students’ drawings and written descriptions of the life course (N = 567). Participants drew, on average, five life phases. Most drawings included human figures, and most were alone in each life phase. Fifteen percent of the drawings were non-human representations. Some characteristic…
Who’s ideating, prototyping, and evaluating? A case study of resource-limited participatory design for health and aging
While participatory design approaches aim to include stakeholders in all design activities, in resource-limited situations, participation is challenging. Participatory designers often make decisions dealing with the tension between the agency of stakeholder participants and the project’s viability. In designing health services, care professionals have limited availability, and patients, such as low-income older adults, have limitations such as la…
Relationship Functioning and Gut Microbiota Composition among Older Adult Couples
An emerging area of research extends work on couple functioning and physical health to gut health, a critical marker of general health and known to diminish with age. As a foray into this area, we conducted a pilot study to (1) determine the feasibility of remote data collection, including a fecal sample, from older adult couples, (2) examine within-couple concordance in gut microbiota composition, and (3) examine associations between relationshi…
Why Gerontology Needs Anthropology
In this essay, we argue that gerontologists should increase their engagement with anthropologists to increase transdisciplinary collaboration, fulfill the interdisciplinary promise of gerontology as a field, and to ensure the work of anthropologists is formed by, and employed in, situations where meaningful engagement with practitioners and policymakers can lead to social change. Anthropology is the study of human societies in historical, biologi…
Documenting Our History, Protecting Our Futures
AffiliationsThe author is with the Center for Innovation in Healthy and Resilient Aging, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix
Mirabella at Arizona State University
University-based retirement communities (UBRCs) are a relatively recent addition to housing options for older adults. The case example of a new UBRC, Mirabella at Arizona State University (ASU), is presented within the context of Age-Friendly University (AFU) principles and New American University design aspirations. We provide an overview of the planning process, describe initial collaborations between Mirabella and research faculty, and outline…
Recovering the Commons , a Decade Later
This research note promotes a dialogue among disciplines about education, activism, and research in Appalachian studies. The challenges developing in our current era are occurring amidst significant changes in Appalachian studies as the field’s long-standing leaders and scholars continue to retire. In their places, new scholars are developing who, in many cases, lack the activist training and experiences of their predecessors, but whose academic …
Physical Activity Among Predominantly White Middle-Aged and Older US Adults During the Sars-CoV-2 Pandemic
Background: The first COVID-19 case in the US was diagnosed late January 2020. In the subsequent months, cases grew exponentially. By March 2020, SARS-CoV-2 (the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19) was a global pandemic and the US declared a national emergency. To mitigate transmission, federal guidelines were established for social and physical distancing. These events disrupted daily routines of individuals around the world, including Ameri…
College students’ perceptions of “old people” compared to “grandparents”
College students are poised to take on important leadership roles in society, and as such, it is vital that they understand the interests and needs of people throughout the life course and that they do not harbor ageist believes that may play out in the policies they enact, the services they provide, or the products they create. Many college students have little exposure or interaction with older adults aside from family members such as grandpare…
The Rope Swing
Book Review| April 01 2019 The Rope Swing: Stories The Rope Swing: Stories, Jonathan Corcoran, Morgantown, WV: Vandalia Press, 2016; 163 pp. M. Aaron Guest M. Aaron Guest M. Aaron Guest is a PhD candidate in gerontology at the University of Kentucky. His research focuses on the social networks and experiences of rural aging LGBTQ individuals, with attention to Appalachia. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Appal…
Gone Dollywood
Planting Healthy Roots
Documentary filmmaking approaches incorporating community engagement and awareness raising strategies may be a promising approach to evaluate community-based participatory research. The study purpose was 2-fold: (1) to evaluate a documentary film featuring the formation and implementation of a farmers' market and (2) to assess whether the film affected awareness regarding food access issues in a food-desert community with high rates of obesity. T…
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Planting Healthy Roots
Documentary filmmaking approaches incorporating community engagement and awareness raising strategies may be a promising approach to evaluate community-based participatory research. The study purpose was 2-fold: (1) to evaluate a documentary film featuring the formation and implementation of a farmers' market and (2) to assess whether the film affected awareness regarding food access issues in a food-desert community with high rates of obesity. T…
The Rope Swing
Book Review| April 01 2019 The Rope Swing: Stories The Rope Swing: Stories, Jonathan Corcoran, Morgantown, WV: Vandalia Press, 2016; 163 pp. M. Aaron Guest M. Aaron Guest M. Aaron Guest is a PhD candidate in gerontology at the University of Kentucky. His research focuses on the social networks and experiences of rural aging LGBTQ individuals, with attention to Appalachia. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Appal…
Gone Dollywood
Recovering the Commons , a Decade Later
This research note promotes a dialogue among disciplines about education, activism, and research in Appalachian studies. The challenges developing in our current era are occurring amidst significant changes in Appalachian studies as the field’s long-standing leaders and scholars continue to retire. In their places, new scholars are developing who, in many cases, lack the activist training and experiences of their predecessors, but whose academic …
Physical Activity Among Predominantly White Middle-Aged and Older US Adults During the Sars-CoV-2 Pandemic
Background: The first COVID-19 case in the US was diagnosed late January 2020. In the subsequent months, cases grew exponentially. By March 2020, SARS-CoV-2 (the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19) was a global pandemic and the US declared a national emergency. To mitigate transmission, federal guidelines were established for social and physical distancing. These events disrupted daily routines of individuals around the world, including Ameri…
College students’ perceptions of “old people” compared to “grandparents”
College students are poised to take on important leadership roles in society, and as such, it is vital that they understand the interests and needs of people throughout the life course and that they do not harbor ageist believes that may play out in the policies they enact, the services they provide, or the products they create. Many college students have little exposure or interaction with older adults aside from family members such as grandpare…
Relationship Functioning and Gut Microbiota Composition among Older Adult Couples
An emerging area of research extends work on couple functioning and physical health to gut health, a critical marker of general health and known to diminish with age. As a foray into this area, we conducted a pilot study to (1) determine the feasibility of remote data collection, including a fecal sample, from older adult couples, (2) examine within-couple concordance in gut microbiota composition, and (3) examine associations between relationshi…
Why Gerontology Needs Anthropology
In this essay, we argue that gerontologists should increase their engagement with anthropologists to increase transdisciplinary collaboration, fulfill the interdisciplinary promise of gerontology as a field, and to ensure the work of anthropologists is formed by, and employed in, situations where meaningful engagement with practitioners and policymakers can lead to social change. Anthropology is the study of human societies in historical, biologi…
Documenting Our History, Protecting Our Futures
AffiliationsThe author is with the Center for Innovation in Healthy and Resilient Aging, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix
Mirabella at Arizona State University
University-based retirement communities (UBRCs) are a relatively recent addition to housing options for older adults. The case example of a new UBRC, Mirabella at Arizona State University (ASU), is presented within the context of Age-Friendly University (AFU) principles and New American University design aspirations. We provide an overview of the planning process, describe initial collaborations between Mirabella and research faculty, and outline…
College students’ life course drawings and their descriptions
Drawing is an effective method to understand attitudes and beliefs on aging, but the subject matter without an explanation can be misinterpreted. We explored college students’ drawings and written descriptions of the life course (N = 567). Participants drew, on average, five life phases. Most drawings included human figures, and most were alone in each life phase. Fifteen percent of the drawings were non-human representations. Some characteristic…
Who’s ideating, prototyping, and evaluating? A case study of resource-limited participatory design for health and aging
While participatory design approaches aim to include stakeholders in all design activities, in resource-limited situations, participation is challenging. Participatory designers often make decisions dealing with the tension between the agency of stakeholder participants and the project’s viability. In designing health services, care professionals have limited availability, and patients, such as low-income older adults, have limitations such as la…
Assessment of LGBT Needs and Health in Kentucky
Mapping the Trajectories of Social Relations for White, Black, and Hispanic/Latino Individuals Approaching Death With Dementia
Objectives Larger social networks are associated with a lower risk of dementia, but little is known about how social networks shift as someone with dementia approaches death. We investigate these shifts while giving special attention to race and ethnicity, which are related to different dementia patterns, social network sizes, and social network makeup. Methods This study included 2,301 deceased people with dementia from the Health and Retirement…
Names Matter
Resilient Connections
Research on dementia care partners often emphasizes the dyadic relationship, overlooking broader social networks that shape care partners’ well-being and resilience. This study examines how social network composition and quality influence care partner outcomes. We conducted ego-centric social network structured interviews with 179 unpaid care partners of individuals living with dementia. We used regression models to test our hypothesis, with hier…
Accelerated Social Aging in the Lesbian and Gay Community
Objectives Lesbian and gay individuals face unique experiences and expectations associated with growing older. Methods In a pilot study of perceptions of aging in lesbian and gay adults, 45 gay and 46 lesbian adult participants (ages = 55–87, 70% white) self-reported their health, perceptions of aging, community engagement, identity congruence, and stressful experiences. Results Accounting for age, health, subjective socioeconomic status, and rac…
Medicine (10 works) · Gerontology (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (3 works)