NDWS is excited to announce that Year 1 survey questionnaires are now in the field. Year 1 data are anticipated in early Spring 2025.
NDWS is conducting annual surveys of physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, direct care workers, and other health care professionals who are community-based practitioners or employees of nursing homes, assisted living communities, and home health care agencies that provide care to persons living with dementia.
Staff surveys ask questions across a variety of domains, including demographics; education, training, and experience; employment status; dementia care knowledge attitudes and practices; and worker outcomes.
Administrators at nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and home care agencies are also being surveyed to gain insight into the structure and operation of each organization. Administrator surveys include questions related to facility characteristics, resident characteristics, staffing, training, and care practices.
NDWS has partnered with trained data collectors to help us conduct the surveys. RTI International is our partner for the Community Clinician, Nursing Home Staff, and Assisted Living Staff surveys. DLH is our partner for the Home Care Staff survey.
View the Year 1 survey questionnaires and crosswalks.
Health care workers who have been invited to take a survey can learn more on the Participant Center page on this website.