Amanda is an applied gerontologist and executive level nonprofit leader with over 20 years of experience in aging services. She has spent the last 10 years successfully launching and operating Continuing Care at Home (CCaH) programs in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Maryland. Dr. Young is a subject matter expert in CCaH and aging in place. She earned her PhD in Leadership and Gerontology from Concordia University Chicago where her dissertation was a qualitative analysis of the wellness coordination model of CCaH programs. She also earned her M.S. in Gerontology from McDaniel College. Dr. Young speaks nationally at conferences on the model and has also been published by McKnight’s Senior Living and Long-Term Care News. She partners with LeadingAge LTSS Research Center to collect CCaH industry benchmarking data every year to present at the LeadingAge CCaH virtual conference. Amanda is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore in their graduate program in gerontology and thanatology. In 2023, Amanda received the McKnight’s Senior Living Women of Distinction Rising Star award. 

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Amanda enjoys educating individuals about the benefits of CCaH programs and seeing how valuable this program and its services can be for aging adults. She loves building relationships with clients and being able to make a difference. 

She decided to develop M.A. Longey Consulting after seeing the need in the industry and the increased interest of organizations exploring CCaH as an option. 

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Amanda is a native of Pennsylvania, but currently lives in Baltimore, Maryland with her husband, son, 3 dogs, and cat. She enjoys spending time with family, watching true crime documentaries, and stand-up comedy.