National Dementia Workforce Study (NDWS)

NDWS logo, decorative icons, Cycle 3 pilot grants coming soon

Did you know that we award annual pilot grants to support researchers using NDWS data to answer critical questions about the paid dementia care workforce? Applications for another round of funding will open in March. In the meantime, read about the 11 previously funded projects at www.ndws.org.

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Researchers: Are you ready to start working with NDWS survey data of the paid dementia care workforce and other linked data sources? Visit www.ndws.org to learn more about the three tiers of data available for FREE, including Public Use Files and Restricted Use Files.

Graphic with NDWS logo and text that says Wave 1 Survey Highlights, Community Clinician Survey, How do you prioritize prescription of anti-amyloid therapies? Then a bar chart that shows that 32% of respondents said low priority, 25% said moderate priority, 14% said high priority, and 30% said not sure.

NDWS Wave 1 survey highlight of the week: Only 14% of clinicians said they considered prescription of anti-amyloid therapies a high priority. See more Wave 1 Survey Fast Facts, and learn how to access the full dataset for free at www.ndws.org.

NDWS logo, text that says Wave 1 Survey Highlights, Assisted Living Staff Survey, Are you assigned to care for the same residents most weeks you work? And a donut chart that shows that 62% of respondents said they care for the same residents, 6% said that residents change, and 31% said that it is a combination of the two.

NDWS Wave 1 survey highlight of the week: 62% of assisted living staff said they were assigned to care for the same residents on most weeks they work. See more Wave 1 Survey Fast Facts, and learn how to access the full dataset for free at www.ndws.org.

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NDWS Wave 1 survey highlight of the week: 47% of nursing home staff said they had worked for their current employer for 1 year or less. See more Wave 1 Survey Fast Facts, and learn how to access the full dataset for free at www.ndws.org.

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NDWS Wave 1 survey highlights: Clinicians reported average visit lengths of 39 minutes for new patients with cognitive impairment and 35 minutes for patients without cognitive impairment. See more Wave 1 Survey Fast Facts, and learn how to access the data at www.ndws.org.

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Connect with us this week at the @geronsociety.bsky.social Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston! Stop by our booth during exhibit hall hours Nov. 12 to 15 to learn more about using our free Wave 1 survey data. Our PIs will also be available at the booth from 2-3 p.m. Thursday and 1-2 p.m. on Friday.

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NDWS Wave 1 survey highlights: Only 26% of clinicians said they are very confident diagnosing dementia in patients 65 and older. 46% reported they are somewhat confident. See more Wave 1 Survey Fast Facts, and learn how to access the full dataset for free at ndws.org.

Headshots of the five NDWS Cycle 2 pilot grant recipients - Alexander Chaitoff, Erica Frechman, Ashwin Kotwal, Cliff Whetung, and Hanzhang Xu

The NDWS Cycle 2 pilot grant recipients have kicked off their projects using Wave 1 survey data. Read more about their studies to get inspiration for ways that you could use free NDWS data in your work: www.ndws.org/pilot-grants/pilot-grant-awardees

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The 4,699 respondents of the NDWS Wave 1 survey of community clinicians represent a national sample of nearly 500,000 clinicians who provide care to Medicare beneficiaries with dementia. Wave 1 data from all NDWS surveys are available for researchers to use for free. Learn more: www.ndws.org

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Researchers: New documentation is now available to assist you in working with Wave 1 data. Updated survey questionnaires on the NDWS website identify variables masked or removed in the Public Use Files (PUFs) to safeguard respondent privacy. www.ndws.org/surveys-and-data/surveys

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Did you miss this week's webinar with NDWS PIs Donovan Maust and Joanne Spetz? Check out the recording on our website now to learn more about using NDWS Wave 1 data. The slides are also available. www.ndws.org/resources/video-library

National Dementia Workforce Study: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society <em>Journal of the American Geriatrics Society</em> (JAGS) is the go-to geriatrics journal for clinical aging research including education, clinical practice and public policy.

ICYMI: A special collection of five articles about NDWS was recently published in @agsjournal.bsky.social. The open access papers cover survey questionnaire development, sample frame development, data collection, and more.

agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

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ICYMI: A webinar for researchers interested in using our new FREE data resource is coming up Sept. 29. Attend the one-hour session with our PIs to learn more about Wave 1 NDWS survey data and linked data sources. Register now: www.ndws.org

Check out the NDWS Special Collection just published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. It includes five open access articles on survey questionnaire development, sample frame development, data collection, and more.

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Researchers: Are you interested in using the new NDWS data resource (surveys and linked data sources)? Join us for a webinar with our PIs at 1 p.m. EST (10 a.m. PST) on Monday, Sept. 29 to learn more. Register now at www.ndws.org.

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Researchers: Are you interested in using the new, free NDWS data resource (surveys and linked data sources) to answer critical questions about the paid dementia care workforce? Visit our FAQS to get started: www.ndws.org/resources/frequently-asked-questions

Headshots of the five NDWS Cycle 2 pilot grant recipients - Alexander Chaitoff, Erica Frechman, Ashwin Kotwal, Cliff Whetung, and Hanzhang Xu

Congratulations to the 5 researchers nationwide awarded NDWS Cycle 2 pilot grants. These innovative studies will use NDWS survey data to address critical gaps in current dementia workforce research. Learn more: www.ndws.org/pilot-grants/pilot-grant-awardees

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In addition to the previously released NDWS Wave 1 Community Clinician survey, the public use files for the Nursing Home Staff and Assisted Living Staff surveys are now available. All Wave 1 survey restricted use files are also available. Learn more: www.ndws.org/surveys-and-data/how-to-access-data

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DYK? NDWS Wave 1 survey data of the dementia care workforce are available now and can be combined with linked data sources, such as CMS data, local health care supply characteristics, and state-level policy information. All data are free. Read our FAQs to learn more: www.ndws.org/resources/fr...

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Researchers: There are 3 free ways to access new NDWS survey data of the paid dementia care workforce. Utilize de-identified public use files, or apply to use the full restricted data on its own or linked with beneficiary-level CMS data and other sources. Get started: www.ndws.org/surveys-and-...

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ICYMI: Wave 1 NDWS survey data of the paid dementia care workforce and linked data sources are available now for free. Researchers can access de-identified survey data or apply to use surveys linked to other data sources, including beneficiary-level CMS data. www.ndws.org/surveys-and-...

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Researchers: Wave 1 NDWS survey data of the paid dementia care workforce and linked data sources are available now! Access de-identified surveys or apply to use survey data linked to other data sources, including beneficiary-level CMS data. All data are free. Learn more: www.ndws.org/surveys-and-...

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ICYMI: Wave 1 NDWS survey data of the paid dementia care workforce and linked data sources will be released July 1. Researchers, review our data access process now to be ready to use the data for free: www.ndws.org/surveys-and-data/how-to-access-data

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Wave 1 NDWS survey data of the paid dementia care workforce is almost here (by July 1). Researchers, read about our data access process and the survey data and linkable data sources that will be available to use for free: www.ndws.org/surveys-and-data/how-to-access-data

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Connect with us at AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting this weekend in Minneapolis! Visit our booth at #ARM25 to learn more about our Wave 1 survey data and linked data coming by July 1, and how you can access it for free.

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ICYMI: We want our surveys of the dementia care workforce to be as useful as possible for researchers. Submit ideas by June 4 for new or revised survey content for Wave 3 related to supporting a stable and effective workforce. www.ndws.org/surveys-and-...

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Researchers: NDWS surveys of the dementia care workforce and free linked data sources provide a new way to study issues related to the knowledge, preparation, and retention of this vital workforce. Wave 1 data will be released by July 1. Sign up for our email list to be notified:
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Researchers: You still have time to help us shape our Wave 3 surveys for the dementia care workforce. Submit new questions, revisions, or ideas for a new interview component by June 4. www.ndws.org/surveys-and-...

Submit ideas for Wave 3 survey content by June 4

ICYMI: Researchers, now is your chance to tell us what questions you want to see in our surveys of the dementia care workforce. Submit ideas for Wave 3 data collection by June 4. Suggestions can include new questions, revisions, or ideas for a new interview component. www.ndws.org/surveys-and-...