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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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How Senior Care Providers Can Build A Culture Of Compassion

March 7, 2018 | Mike Pumphrey

Showing compassion to employees is necessary in every workplace, but it’s especially important in long-term care and senior living, a demanding, fast-paced industry that's experiencing crippling...

Employee Perks Gaining Traction This Year

March 1, 2018 | Peter Corless

With another year, comes another opportunity to re-evaluate and ramp up the employee perks you offer to attract and retain talent. Are your perks up to par with what your competition is offering?...

Addressing The Top CFO Concerns In Senior Care

February 23, 2018 | Mike Pumphrey

Specialty investment bank Ziegler recently released a report that identified the top concerns of chief financial officers in senior care. The results? An overwhelming majority of the 160 CFOs and...

Who Is The Senior Living Resident?

February 22, 2018 | James Balda

Creating an optimum environment for residents and staff is easier to implement with a clear picture of what defines a senior living resident and trending issues within the aging population....

3 Tips To Measure Employee Performance In LTC & Senior Living

February 15, 2018 | Peter Corless

For long-term care and senior living organizations, providing the best care and services starts and ends with their employees. But how can you measure employee performance without micromanaging...

[INFO] 5 Quick Scheduling Tips For Caregivers In LTC & Senior Living

February 9, 2018 | Mike Pumphrey

Work-life balance. It might just sound like the latest buzzword in employee engagement but for today’s workforce, it’s a must have. Millennials and Gen Zer’s are taking over the workplace. And they...

5 Tips For Creating An Awesome Senior Care Onboarding Program

February 5, 2018 | Tommy Marzella

With just a little over a week working at OnShift, I can already tell it’s going to be a great fit. Starting a new job is never easy – new employees, expectations and technology make the experience...

How To Build A Rewards Program That Boosts Employee Engagement

February 2, 2018 | Peter Corless

A fun and inclusive rewards program is an essential component for attracting, engaging and retaining employees, particularly for post-acute care and senior living providers struggling with...

Argentum Analyzes Senior Living Labor Trends In A Dynamic Economy 

January 30, 2018 | James Balda

The senior living industry is thriving thanks to its popular consumer-driven model serving the needs of the nation’s growing population of older adults. But like all industries, senior living...

CMS Expects PBJ Data To Soon Impact Five-Star Ratings

January 25, 2018 | Peter Corless

According to a recent memo, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be releasing the Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) data for the third quarter of the calendar year 2017 to the public...

6 Tips For Recruiting To Senior Care From Outside The Industry 

January 23, 2018 | Peter Corless

New year, same situation: a growing staff shortage, high turnover rates and a 4.2 percent unemployment rate nationwide. In 2018, long-term care and senior living organizations will again be neck and...

The Top 10 Long-Term Care & Senior Living Blogs Of 2017

January 19, 2018 | Marti Bowman

2017 was an action-packed 365 days for all of us at OnShift, with our efforts each and every day focused on helping senior care providers address their most critical workforce challenges.