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OnShift Is On The Road And We’d Love To See You
September 30, 2016 | Mike Pumphrey
Fall is my favorite time of year. Not only is pumpkin spice everything back (I know it’s not hip, but it is delicious) but more importantly, it’s my opportunity to visit with providers at association...
Senior Living Experts Share Their Best Employee Engagement Advice
September 27, 2016 | Peter Corless
At this years’ Argentum Senior Living Executive Conference in Denver, CO, I had the opportunity to meet with many smart and talented senior living leaders and attend some great sessions on workforce...
Why OnShift & Argentum Are Partnering to Address Workforce Challenges
September 23, 2016 | Marti Bowman
OnShift made an exciting announcement earlier this year: we’ve partnered with national senior living association Argentum (formerly Assisted Living Federation of America) on a three-year initiative...
Is Off-Boarding the New Onboarding for Senior Care?
September 21, 2016 | Mike Pumphrey
Many companies have carefully crafted their onboarding practices, spending a great deal of time welcoming new employees, offering orientations, tours and training. While an onboarding program is...
Keep Connected: Happy National Assisted Living Week!
September 16, 2016 | Mark Woodka
This week, September 11-17, we celebrate National Assisted Living Week. Established by the National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) in 1995, this is an opportunity to recognize the important role...
How Workforce Challenges Will Inspire Innovation in Senior Care
September 14, 2016 | James Balda
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the senior living industry needs to recruit and train more than 1.2 million new employees over the next ten years. Those employees are needed to fill...
Why You Really Shouldn’t Wait to Submit Your PBJ Data
September 9, 2016 | Peter Corless
The first Payroll-Based Journal deadline is approaching and CMS is taking some time to clarify their expectations for providers as they prepare their first submission files.
Creative Solutions for Your Top 3 Staffing Challenges
September 6, 2016 | Mike Pumphrey
This year, the senior care industry has been marked by many staffing challenges, not least of which is a labor shortage. At the same time, the population of older Americans who will require senior...
Scheduling in the senior care space can be a complicated task. Between filling vacant shifts, monitoring overtime and managing labor costs, things can quickly get off track. This can affect not only...
When it comes to senior care staffing, many long-term care and senior living providers are scrambling to figure out how to best manage the millennial generation. A lot of the talk is focused on what...
5 Ways to Seriously Screw Up Your Staff Schedule in Senior Care
August 26, 2016 | Mike Pumphrey
Scheduling in senior care can be complicated. If it’s not staff turnover getting you down, it’s call-offs or an avalanche of PTO requests. When scheduling is done correctly, it can save your...
Argentum Reports Strong Growth in Senior Living Industry in 2016
August 19, 2016 | James Balda
Argentum is a strong advocate for senior living and we’re constantly working to address the workforce issues that are most pressing to the industry. A strong and robust workforce of qualified...
