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Senior Healthcare Blog

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.

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The State Of Caregiver Turnover & Tips For Turning It Around

February 24, 2021 | Jenna Berris

New data shows that while the pandemic has led to an increase in hourly wages for senior living CNAs, turnover has significantly increased over the past year - climbing from 36.37% in 2019 to 48.51%...

New Resource: The 2021 Big Book Of Perks For Senior Care

February 18, 2021 | Jenna Berris

Frontline workers have always been the lifeblood of senior care organizations. And the COVID-19 pandemic has not only confirmed that notion, but shown providers just how critical taking care of these...

How Senior Care Organizations Will Thrive In 2021

February 12, 2021 | Mark Woodka

Each year during OnShift’s annual company meeting, we unveil our “Word of the Year.” The word serves as OnShift’s guiding principle in our efforts to help senior care organizations tackle new and...

5 Popular Employee Engagement Practices For The Pandemic & Beyond

February 5, 2021 | Tommy Marzella

Employee engagement, which was a top initiative for senior care providers prior to the pandemic, became even more critical with the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. Frontline workers, who were already...

7 Employee-Centric Technology Investments Senior Care Providers Are Prioritizing In 2021

February 2, 2021 | Jenna Berris

Throughout 2020, we saw all of the ways that tech helped senior care organizations navigate and mitigate the pandemic, especially when it came to helping residents stave off loneliness and thrive...

New Whitepaper: Supporting Your Employees During COVID-19 & Beyond

January 27, 2021 | Tommy Marzella

Senior care providers have always strived to support their hardworking frontline staff. And the challenges presented by the pandemic have brought on an even greater need for doing so, as recent...

How Home Health Providers Can Make The Most Of Hiring In A Virtual World

January 22, 2021 | Cari Rosenberger

The emergence of the pandemic has dramatically changed our world forever. For home health care providers, Spring of 2020 was the beginning of a sharp drop in demand, as well as higher employee...

How The New Congress & Administration Will Impact Senior Living

January 21, 2021 | Jenna Berris

Last week, Argentum hosted a webinar to brief senior living providers on how the new Administration and Congress will impact the industry and those they serve in 2021 – particularly when it comes to...

OnShift Employ Helps Providers Safely Recruit & Hire During COVID-19

January 15, 2021 | Tommy Marzella

Just before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, OnShift released our robust talent acquisition software, OnShift Employ. The goal of OnShift Employ is to help healthcare organizations source,...

2021 Forecast Report Puts The Senior Living Job Market Into Perspective

January 14, 2021 | James Balda

Argentum’s 2021 Forecast Report points to a major change in the senior living workforce environment. To understand its importance, we need to look back. 

Why The Mission Statement Is An I/DD Provider’s Best Recruiting Tool

January 13, 2021 | Cari Rosenberger

The overall mission of the I/DD industry, providing support and care to individuals with intellectual developmental disabilities, is without question an extremely rewarding one. For those with a...

OnShift's Top Blog Posts Of 2020

January 8, 2021 | Jenna Berris

2020 was a year unlike any other, to put it lightly. And as easy as it might have been to put 2020 behind us when the clock struck twelve on New Year’s Eve, I am a firm believer in learning from the...