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National Nursing Home Week: “It’s a Small World with a Big Heart”
May 9, 2016 | Mark Woodka
Mother’s Day officially kicked off National Nursing Home Week, which occurs this year from May 8-May 14, 2016. During National Nursing Home Week, long-term care communities celebrate the wonderful...
Employee turnover is a top concern among post-acute care and senior living providers, and one they’re actively trying to combat amid significant wage pressures and an impending caregiver shortage.
The minimum wage has been a hot topic across the country in recent months—one that we at OnShift have vigilantly tracked. With large organizations like Wal-Mart looking to raise employee pay over the...
White Collar Overtime Rule: How Senior Care Providers Need to Prepare
April 23, 2016 | Peter Corless
UPDATE: The Department of Labor published the final White Collar overtime rule on May 18, 2016. The salary thresholds are less than predicted at $913 per week and $47,476 per year. The new...
The senior living industry will need to recruit 1.2 million new employees by 2025 and must be poised to create working environments and career paths attractive for these workers, according to...
Celebrating Our Senior Care Schedulers of the Year!
April 5, 2016 | Jim Rubadue
You may be surprised to find out that we’ve had a couple of unique holidays recently – Black Forest Cake Day, Manatee Appreciation Day, and Crayola Crayon Day – who knew?! But at the top of my...
How to Manage New Technology in Your Senior Care Community
March 24, 2016 | Jim Rubadue
How do you feel about change? Bill Murray’s character in the movie “Groundhog Day,” stuck as he was in an endlessly repeating day, eventually comes to appreciate that “Anything different is good.” At...
Skilled Nursing Facility Assessment: Valuable & Not Complex
February 29, 2016 | Irene Fleshner
Last summer, CMS issued proposed changes to the Requirements of Participation for Nursing Homes (RofP). They requested comments on the proposed changes and the stakeholder community was neither quiet...
Inside Argentum’s Senior Living Workforce Credentialing Plans
February 19, 2016 | Mike Pumphrey
Establishing career paths and promoting career development have increasingly come into focus for senior living providers seeking to combat turnover and bolster a consistent workforce. They can also...
