Survey FAQs

As you know well, the need for quality dementia care continues to increase. Survey data will be available for use by researchers to create a better understanding of the challenges faced by the dementia care workforce in multiple settings.

To acknowledge your contributions, we are offering incentives to facilities/agencies that participate and for administrators who take the survey. When both the administrator survey and staff roster upload are completed, your facility/agency will receive a monetary token of appreciation paid directly to the facility (completion of a W-9 form will be required to process the payment to the facility). In addition, employees who take the staff survey will receive an electronic gift card as a thank you.

Scientific sampling procedures were used to select facilities/agencies using data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (e,g., Nursing Home Compare), along with state licensing data.

We are asking administrators to participate in several ways:

1. Complete a 25-minute online administrator survey. Survey results will be aggregated, and facilities/agencies will NOT be identified in reporting.

2. Submit a list (roster) of facility/agency staff who might provide care to people with dementia.

The administrator survey will collect information about the agency size, population served, employee benefits, training programs, and types of staff.

We are asking facilities/agencies to submit name, email address, phone number, and job title for employees that provide care to people with dementia. This information will be used to contact a sample of eligible employees and ask them to complete the staff survey.

You should have received information about how to easily submit staff rosters. If you need help, please contact us using the information below.

Contact our survey collection partners using the below information.

Nursing Home and Assisted Living surveys: Email ndws@rti.org or call 866-881-2515.

Home Care survey: Email hc-ndws@ndwsinfo.com or call 855-443-2692.

As the U.S. population ages, the need for quality dementia care will only increase. Your survey will provide valuable insights about your work experiences and answer critical questions about the challenges of caring for people with dementia, including those just starting to experience memory loss who have not yet been formally diagnosed. Survey data will be available for use by researchers, with the goal of improving dementia care practice and policy. You will receive an electronic gift card to thank you for completing the survey.

NDWS is designed to be nationally representative of the dementia care workforce and you were randomly selected to participate. NDWS participants represent the many different types of health care professionals who might provide care for people with mild cognitive impairment or dementia. If you were selected, it is very likely that you care for at least some patients who fit this description, and we want to hear from you.

For the Community Clinician surveys, physicians, APRNs and PAs who billed Medicare for any patient with a dementia diagnosis were identified. Scientific sampling procedures were used to select a representative group of staff to survey.

For the Assisted Living, Nursing Home, and Home Care Staff surveys, scientific sampling procedures were used to select facilities/agencies. Administrators were asked to provide staff lists, and a sample of staff was selected from each facility.

The easiest way to complete a survey is online. Access the online survey using the unique link that was emailed or mailed to you. If you received a paper survey, it's your choice whether to complete and return the paper survey or to use the link or QR code to complete the survey online. The survey will take about 25 minutes. You may be invited to take a follow-up survey each year. 

If you have trouble accessing the survey, please email us: Community Clinician survey - ndws-cc@rti.org; Nursing Home and Assisted Living surveys - ndws@rti.org; Home Care survey - hc-ndws@ndwsinfo.com.

You will answer questions about your education, training, experience, employment status, working conditions, employment benefits, and dementia care knowledge and practices.

Reach out to our survey collection partners using the below contact information.

Community Clinician survey: Email ndws-cc@rti.org or call 866-881-2515.

Nursing Home and Assisted Living surveys: Email ndws@rti.org or call 866-881-2515.

Home Care survey: Email hc-ndws@ndwsinfo.com or call 855-443-2692.