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Why Employee Engagement Requires a Systematic Approach
June 21, 2017 | Peter Corless
As you know, employee engagement is the hot topic in senior care—and for good reason. The current labor shortage, which is only expected to get worse, means providers are rethinking strategies to...
Profile of a Superstar Scheduler: Jen Thompson of Marklund
June 20, 2017 | Jim Rubadue
Each year, we ask our customers to nominate their hard working, committed schedulers for OnShift's Scheduler of the Year Awards. Nominees should embody the mission of their respective organization...
National Nursing Assistants Week: “Specialists in the Art of Caring”
June 19, 2017 | Mark Woodka
Happy National Nursing Assistants Week to all the nursing assistants who are dedicated to providing amazing care to seniors each and every day. It takes a special kind of person to do the job you do,...
The Dos and Don’ts of Dealing With Coworker Conflict
June 8, 2017 | Mike Pumphrey
Senior living and long-term care leaders have plenty of tasks and stressors on their plates on any given day. Between unexpected scheduling issues, resident satisfaction and other unexpected events,...
Argentum Uses Workforce Metrics to Advance the Senior Living Industry
June 7, 2017 | James Balda
A large part of Argentum’s focus on workforce development has been on attracting and recruiting the next generation of senior living workers. However, the need for accurate, internal measurement on...
Tech Adoption in Senior Care: Why People Are as Important as Product
June 2, 2017 | Jim Rubadue
Reduce overtime by up to 70%? Improve scheduling efficiencies by up to 75%? Fill call-offs and open shifts in minutes, instead of hours? Improve employee engagement? OnShift’s suite of products is...
A focus on transparency and quality improvement has led The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to up the ante on how Five-Star Quality Ratings are calculated and reported.
Making the Most of What You Have: How to Staff Smarter in Senior Care
May 26, 2017 | Peter Corless
The labor shortage in long-term care (LTC) has many providers in dire straits. With the growth of the aging population and projections calling for an additional 2.5 million workers, the outlook is...
Labor costs have reached unprecedented heights due to high turnover and a growing workforce shortage. This has led senior care providers to accept paying a premium for labor through increased use of...
Combating Turnover to Win in Today’s Senior Care Market
May 23, 2017 | Peter Corless
High turnover isn’t something new to this industry. Before the great recession of 2008, health care providers faced both a nursing shortage and high employee turnover. In response, senior care...
Why Managing Labor Costs Needs to Be the #1 Priority in Senior Care
May 22, 2017 | Peter Corless
The challenging environment in senior care has hit providers harder than ever, making it difficult – sometimes impossible – to stay ahead. Increasing wage pressures coupled with a workforce shortage...
Leading the Way: Senior Living Providers Honored at Annual Conference
May 18, 2017 | Marti Bowman
I spent the better part of the first week of May in Nashville for the Argentum Senior Living Executive Conference. Having left a cold, rainy Cleveland, Ohio, I was hoping for some warm air and...
