Mieke Beth Thomeer

Mieke Thomeer is primarily interested in how mental and physical health change over the life course and how social relationships impact health, particularly in the oldest ages. She uses quantitative and qualitative data to address her research questions. Her current research examines specifically how couples are impacted by and react to their own or their spouse's illness and how gender and sexual identity shapes these experiences. She also examines how nursing home risk is shaped by life course processes.