Applicant Resources for Understanding the Supply of Professional Dementia Care Providers and Their Decisions

Were there any changes to the reissue of the RFA-AG-23-018 to RFA-AG-24-024?

Please review the reissue RFA for the most up to date information. Here is the link to the RFA: RFA-AG-24-024

What is the RFA about?

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications to develop a national survey of professional Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and AD-related dementias (ADRD) care providers and link consented survey respondents (providers and institutional representatives) to administrative data (e.g., electronic health records, claims, payroll, and other institutional and state-level data).

The goal of the new resource is to expand research on the AD/ADRD care workforce, including the supply of skilled labor, and provide a deeper insight into how professional care providers and institutions provide care for persons living with AD/ADRD. The survey will oversample individuals from populations understudied in AD/ADRD research who serve in various professional caregiving roles (e.g., physicians, licensed practical nurses (LPNs), social workers, etc.) and institutions serving predominately underserved populations. This will allow for the examination of how the characteristics of professional care providers, and the institutions employing them, lead to variations in care provided to persons living with AD/ADRD. It may also facilitate the identification of modifiable behaviors, at both an organization and an individual level, that can improve overall health care delivery and eliminate AD/ADRD disparities.

Who are included as paid care providers?

Paid care providers includes but not limited to neurologists, geriatricians, psychiatrists, nurses, occupational therapists, social workers, certified nursing assistants (CNAs), and home health aides.

How will the survey be administered?

The survey will be administered online, on an annual basis, to health care providers and their institutional representatives nationwide. The survey will seek to measure how Person Living with Dementia (PLWD) are cared for by a wide range of professional providers, the interactions between professional care providers and institutions, and how provider/institution interactions impact the care provided to PLWD across institutional settings.

The survey will encompass multi-dimensional measures—including items related to training, compensation, payment models, care practices, and other procedures, as well as vignettes—and will be linked to administrative data (e.g., claims, electronic health records (EHR), payroll, and other relevant institutional and state-level data) to provide insight on costs, intensity of care provided, guideline-concordant care received by PLWD, and quality of care experienced by PLWD.

Who do I contact if I have further questions?

Application Submission Contacts

eRA Service Desk (Questions regarding ASSIST, eRA Commons, application errors and warnings, documenting system problems that threaten submission by the due date, and post-submission issues)

Finding Help Online: https://www.era.nih.gov/need-help (preferred method of contact)
Telephone: 301-402-7469 or 866-504-9552 (Toll Free)

General Grants Information (Questions regarding application instructions, application processes, and NIH grant resources)
Email: GrantsInfo@nih.gov (preferred method of contact)
Telephone: 301-637-3015

Grants.gov Customer Support (Questions regarding Grants.gov registration and Workspace)
Contact Center Telephone: 800-518-4726
Email: support@grants.gov

Scientific/Research Contact(s)

Partha Bhattacharyya, Ph.D.
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Telephone: 301-496-3136
Email: bhattacharyyap@mail.nih.gov

Peer Review Contact(s)

Ramesh Vemuri, Ph.D.
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Telephone: 301-402-7700
Email: ramesh.vemuri@nih.gov

Financial/Grants Management Contact(s)

Ryan Blakeney
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Telephone: 301-451-9802
Email: ryan.blakeney@nih.gov

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