Amanda N. Leggett, PhD

Assistant Professor
Wayne State University
Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States

Dr. Amanda Leggett an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Gerontology and Department of Psychology at Wayne State University and an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan. She received her M.S. and PhD in Human Development and Family Studies from the Pennsylvania State University and is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. Her research program focuses on the dementia caregiver stress process and mental health in late-life. She recently completed a K01 career development award from the National Institute on Aging and currently has associated funding from the Alzheimer’s Association to develop of a taxonomy of dementia care management styles and aims to determine how classifying one’s caregiving style might be used to target interventions and optimize care. She serves on the editorial board for the journals Innovation in Aging and Research on Aging and is a seven-year Hospice volunteer.

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Presentation(s):

• The COVID-19 Effect: Adapting Family Care to a Pandemic Context

  Thursday, November 3, 2022
  12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET

• 1 - Pandemic-Specific Supports and Challenges: Associations with Dementia Caregiver Well-Being

  Thursday, November 3, 2022
  12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET

• 134 - Dementia Family Caregivers Experiences Using Community-Based and Healthcare Services During COVID-19

  Thursday, November 3, 2022
  2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

• Late-Life Care for Older Adults: Findings from NHATS and NSOC

  Sunday, November 6, 2022
  8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

• 5 - When Families Disagree: Correlates and Stress Process Outcomes of Family Caregiver Disagreement

  Sunday, November 6, 2022
  8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET