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NDWS is excited to announce that Wave 1 survey questionnaires are now in the field. Wave 1 data will be available in Summer 2025.

NDWS is now accepting applications for Cycle 1 pilot grants for high-impact research studies that propose innovative uses of Wave 1 NDWS survey data of the professional dementia care workforce and linked data sources.

NDWS is seeking input from subject matter experts for new questionnaire content to be included in 2025 data collection. Submit your ideas by 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 16.

Wave 1 survey questionnaires and crosswalks are now available to view. Surveys will go into the field in August.

In a Feb. 12, 2024 episode of Minding Memory, a podcast in the Michigan Medicine Podcast Network, NDWS Co-PI Joanne Spetz talked to Co-PI Donovan Maust and his podcast co-host about who makes up the professional dementia care workforce, and how they play a critical role in the delivery of services.