Looking for the latest workforce insights & strategies from top providers & industry experts? You’ve come to the right place. Our award-winning blog features fresh best practices around recruiting, hiring, managing and engaging senior care employees, so grab a fresh cup of joe, pull up a chair and jump right in.
Subscribe to the OnShift Blog
Making More Time For Resident Care
January 22, 2014 | Mike Pumphrey
I recently read a post in the Long-Term Living blog, and it really got me thinking about the time nurses spend with residents and patients. Kathleen Mears, a nursing home resident, has witnessed...
A Whole New World: Get Prepared for Accountable Care
December 8, 2013 | Mike Pumphrey
It’s critical for today’s post-acute care providers to position themselves for success in an accountable care network – what many are calling the “future of care.” With this shift in care, providers...
The Hidden Cost of Overtime in Long Term and Post Acute Care
February 17, 2012 | Mike Pumphrey
Every nurse in the long-term care or senior living industry has been asked to stay late or cover a shift. And because it is in their nature to help - they do it.
No Room for a Defeatist Attitude in Senior Care Staffing
October 6, 2011 | Mike Pumphrey
Have you ever seen an ironman competition in person? Amazing. Wake up at 5am and make your way down to watch thousands of athletes tread water for what seems to be an eternity. Then - Bang! Each...
The mood of the American Health Care Association’s annual meeting was unlike years past. At the keynote address, AHCA President and CEO Mark Parkinson proclaimed that massive cuts to Medicare and...
