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April 1, 2026: Nursing Home Clinician Practice Patterns: Discontinuity, Dispersion, and Specialization - Yulia Yun, MS, MSW; Arian Jung, PhD; Paul Katz, MD

March 4,  2026: Nursing Workforce Challenges and Care Robots as a Potential Solution in Long-Term Care - Katie Trainum, PhD, RN

February 4,  2026: Dementia Caregiving Logistics Framework - Lauren Moo, MD

January 7, 2026: Jan 2026 Speed Sharing Network Members' Research

December 3, 2025: Recent Policy Developments Impacting the Long-Term Care Workforce: A Fireside Chat - Joanne Spetz, PhD, and Kezia Scales, PhD

November 5, 2025: Physician and Advanced Practitioner Workforce Topics in the Care of People Living with Dementia - Kira Ryskina, MD, MSHP and Paul Katz, MD

October 1, 2025: An Age-Friendly Approach to Dementia Care: Applying the 4Ms to Interprofessional Team-Based Care - Andrea Wershof Schwartz, MD, MPH
 

September 3, 2025: Family Caregivers in the Dementia Care Workforce: The Case of Pain Management - Jeffrey Boon, PhD, MSN

August 6, 2025: Strategies to Promote Nursing Assistant Job Satisfaction and Lower Burnout: Lessons from VHA Nursing Homes - Katherine Kennedy, PhD, MSG, LNHA, Kate Achman, DNP, RN, AGCNS-BC, Charisse Blackburn, BSN, RN

June 4, 2025: Buddhist Contribution to Dementia Care - Henry Shiu, PhD, MA

May 7, 2025: AWARD Network Fellows' Findings - Alfred Boakye & Alexandra Llovet

April 2, 2025: Innovating Rural Dementia Care: Telehealth Implementation in Nursing Homes - Kim Powell, PhD, RN, FAMIA

March 5, 2025: Pragmatic Clinical Trials for People Living with Dementia and their Care Partners - Joan Carpenter, PhD

February 12, 2025: Enhancing Partnerships Between Nursing Homes and Nursing Schools: The Pennsylvania Teaching Nursing Home Collaborative - Nancy Zionts, MBA & Howard B. Degenholtz, PhD

January 8, 2025: Jan 2025 Speed Sharing Network Members’ Research

December 4, 2024: Exploring lifestyle factors of spirituality and religious activities for cognitive health in older adults with dementia - Katherine Carroll Britt, PhD, MSN

November 6, 2024: Utilizing VR and Robotics in Dementia - Lauren Moo, MD & Kristen Dillon, PsyD, ABPP

October 2, 2024: National Dementia Workforce Study - Joanne Spetz, PhD, Donovan Maust, MD

September 4, 2024: 9: Nothing about residents without residents: A research project about co-design in long-term care home settings - Jennifer Bethell, PhD, MSc

August 7, 2024: Video-delivered Dementia Home Safety and Caregiver Support - Maureen O'Connor, PsyD, ABPP-CN, Megan Gately, PhD, OTR/L

July 10, 2024: Policy vis-a-vis Programs: Insider Perspectives on Improving Care for Older Adults - Robyn Stone, DrPH, Jennie Hansen, RN, MS

June 5, 2024: Making and unmaking dementia: a history and a future - James Fletcher, PhD

May 1, 2024: Care Models for Aging Veterans with Dementia - Orna Intrator, PhD, Sam Edwards, MD

April 3, 2024: Nursing Home Staffing: Ongoing Employer and State Approaches - Abt Associates: Alan White & Matthew Knowles; Moving Forward Coalition members: Kezia Scales, Betsy White, Jasmine Travers

March 6, 2024: Mar 2024 Speed Sharing Network Members’ Research

February 7, 2024: Meaningful Engagement of Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Communities in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Research - Van Park, PhD, MPH

January 10, 2024: Alzheimer's disease novel therapies: What this means for clinics and the clinical workforce - Nathaniel Chin, MD, Paper | Podcast

December 6, 2023: The Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model and Implications for the Dementia Care Workforce - Sarena Ho, MSPH, Sage Hart, Brystana Kaufman, MSPH, PhD, Tonya Saffer, MPH, Lynn Miescier, PhD, MHA

November 1, 2023: What can large public surveys tell us about the dementia care workforce? - Joanne Spetz, PhD, Bianca Frogner, PhD | Slides

October 4, 2023: Postacute Care Services Use and Outcomes Among Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries - Emma Achola, and Laura Keohane, PhD

September 6, 2023: Addressing Patient Diversity in Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Research - Robert Turner, PhD, and Jason Flatt, PhD, MPH​

August 2, 2023: The Homecare Workforce Caring for Older Adults with Dementia: a conversation with the guest editor and authors​ - Johnnie Kallas, PhD candidate, and Jennifer M. Reckrey, MD

July 12, 2023: NIA IMPACT Collaboratory: Supportive Resources for Pragmatic Trials to Transform Dementia Care - Presented by Susan Mitchell, MD, MPH

June 7, 2023: Improving Dementia Care for Lower Income Older Adults: Lessons Learned & Opportunities - Presented by Jennifer Schlesinger and Barbra McLendon from Alzheimer’s LA

April 5, 2023: Supporting an Aging Population: Perspectives from the Hill - Presentation by Emily Franzosa, DrPH, MA, Alison Hernandez PhD, RN-BC, Kylie Garber, PhD, Sarah Mueller, MPP
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March 8, 2023: Understanding Nursing Home Staffing in the Context of Recent Nursing Staff Recommendations - Presentation by John Bowblis, PhD, Miami University with comments from Sam Brooks from Consumer Voice

February 1, 2023: Residential Service Agency Characteristics and Care Experiences of Older Home Care Recipients and their Family Caregivers - Presentation by Chanee Fabius, PhD, Johns Hopkins University

January 11, 2023: Speed Sharing Network Members’ Research - Presentations from Julia Burgdorf, Elham Mahmoudi, Stephen McCall, Jennifer Reckrey, Shirin Vellani, Betsy White, Jung Hye-Young

December 7th, 2022: David C. Grabowski, PhD, “Studying the Nursing Home Workforce: Lessons and Opportunities” with comments from Charlene Harrington, RN, PhD, FAAN 

October 26th, 2022: Introduction to the AWARD Network

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