The National Dementia Workforce Study: Methods for Surveying Community Clinicians Who Provide Care to People With Dementia.

ABSTRACT: People with dementia have complex medical, functional, and social needs and experience highly variable care quality and outcomes across the U.S. health care system. Community-based physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants serve critical roles in diagnosing and managing dementia, yet little is known about this workforce and factors contributing to variability in care. The National Dementia Workforce Study (NDWS), sponsored by the National Institute on Aging, is conducting large nationally representative surveys of health care workers who provide care to people with dementia in nursing homes, assisted living communities, home care, and community medical practices. In this report, we summarize the methods for one of those surveys, the NDWS Community Clinician Survey, which su

SUBMITTER: White EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12403198 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature