Amy Horowitz

Amy Horowitz is Professor and Endowed Chair in Social Research at Fordham University's Graduate School of Social Service, where her work examines aging, disability, and family caregiving dynamics with particular focus on long-distance caregivers and sensory-loss impacts.

Research Focus: Her scholarship centers on:

• Long-distance caregiving stressors and service utilization
• Vision loss adaptation in older adults
• Driving cessation consequences
• Mental health outcomes in aging populations
• Family support systems for disabled elders

She investigates how functional limitations intersect with social support structures to shape psychological well-being in later life.

Publication Trends: Recent work (2018-2022) reveals concentrated exploration of long-distance caregiving, analyzing service gaps, caregiver strain reduction through home care, and sociocultural stressors. Parallel research examines driving cessation's social context among vision-impaired elders, emphasizing life satisfaction impacts and mobility transitions.

Grants & Leadership: NIH-funded projects drive her current work, including the Fordham Long-Distance Caregiving (LDC) Study examining service needs and the driving transitions initiative for elders with visual disabilities. This research informs policy recommendations for aging-in-place support systems.

Research Infrastructure: She directs the Fordham LDC Study, coordinating interdisciplinary teams across gerontology, social work, and healthcare services to develop evidence-based interventions for geographically dispersed caregivers.