IMPACT Career Development Awardee Erica Frechman, PhD, AGPCNP-BC was awarded a Pilot Grant from the National Dementia Workforce Study for her study, Advance Practice Providers and Dementia Care: Role of Training, Preparedness, and Practice Setting for Patient Outcomes. IMPACT executive committee member Jennifer Gabbard, MD is a co-investigator for this study.

Frechman’s study will leverage the Community Clinician survey and CMS claims data to examine APPs and how their dementia-specific training, preparedness, and practice settings are associated with meaningful variation in care quality and outcomes for people living with dementia.

Learn more about Pilot Grant awardees here.