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Expand research on the care workforce and supply of skilled labor. Identify the barriers to entry, challenges of retention, and causes and effects of turnover.
2030 RFA-AG-20-002: Centers on the Demography and Economics of Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Related Dementias (P30 Clinical Trial Optional) RFA-AG-20-001: Centers on the Demography and Economics of Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Related Dementias (P30 Clinical Trial Optional) RFA-AG-20-037 (R01): Dementia Care: Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) (Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (R01) RFA-AG-20-038 (R21): Dementia Care: Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) (Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (R21) RFA-AG-20-033: NIA Behavioral and Social Research LEaders in Alzheimers Disease and Its Related Dementias (DP1) NOT-AG-20-026: Notice of Special Interest: Dementia Care Workforce for Those Living with Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) NOT-AG-21-049: Dementia Care Workforce for Those Living with Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) (reissue of NOT-AG-20-026) RFA-AG-22-012: High-Priority Behavioral and Social Research Networks in Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias RFA-AG-24-024: Understanding the Supply of Professional Dementia Care Providers and Their Decisions (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (Reissue of RFA-AG-23-018) RFA-AG-25-007: Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias (P30 Clinical Trial Optional) RFA-AG-25-008: Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Optional) 13.J In Progress DN 2017 Dementia Care Summit: 11.1, 11.3 and 11.4 2020 Dementia Care Summit: 1.8, 1.9, 2.4, 2.5, Int.5 Relevant 2023 Dementia Care Summit G&Os: 6.1, 6.2 NASEM Workshop: Understanding the Supply Side of Professional Care Providers of Persons with Dementia (March 2021) NASEM Workshop: Mechanisms for Organizational Behavior Change to Address the Needs of People Living with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Highlight: Specialized dementia care in nursing homes linked to better outcomes for residents Research on Care and Caregiver Support The Impact of Immigration on the Living Arrangements and Health of the Elderly Bridging Communication Gaps between Primary Care Providers and Adult Day Service Centers to Reduce Emergency Department Use and Hospitalizations among Persons with Dementia Gaps in the Dementia Care Workforce: Research Update and Data Needs
- Quantify economic impact on PWD and their families and on health systems.
- Examine factors driving the well-being and welfare of care workers as well as disparities in employment experiences to enhance retention.
- Examine factors driving the well-being and welfare of care workers as well as disparities in employment experiences to enhance retention.
- Develop and make accessible for research data infrastructure that supports tracking of dementia care workforce characteristics, such as education, training, diversity, experience, skills, staffing levels, service to diverse communities, and satisfaction.
Summary of Key Accomplishments
NIA funded the new Advancing Workforce Analysis and Research for Dementia (AWARD) network to develop innovative research that identifies the characteristics that the dementia care workforce will need as the population of persons living with dementia grows, and it has already established training opportunities, pilot funding and career development funding opportunities, and a direct care workforce data compendium for the research community.
Additionally, NIA recently funded the National Dementia Workforce Study that aims to build a data infrastructure that allows researchers to generate critical insights into the professional dementia care workforce and associated outcomes for PLWD and develop and expand the community of researchers focused on the professional dementia care workforce overall. Finally, NIA issued a recent funding opportunity for a new Consortium for Economic Research on AD/ADRD Prevention, Treatment, and Care to establish a collaborative research network that unites a coordinating center with a set of meritorious research projects, all working towards creating and disseminating an evidence-base for enhancing AD/ADRD prevention, treatment, and care. Topics anticipated to be covered by the consortium include a focus on economic research on the dementia care workforce (e.g., economic and labor market factors that impact the recruitment, training, and retention of healthcare workers in the dementia care workforce).
The key accomplishments summary is current as of July 2022.