Senior Healthcare Blog

We live in a time where doing business the old, traditional way is no longer working.  There is so much change in the senior care industry right now and a lot more coming in the next several years.

Take a look at your staff schedule. Go ahead, I’ll wait...

Unless you are extraordinarily lucky, that schedule very likely has holes, open shifts that you have not yet been able to fill. No reason to...

I went down a circuitous academic path to become a nurse. I started college majoring in political science in Washington DC. Many of my classmates were doing internships on the Hill and thinking about...

Before big hair, neon, and Madonna took over the ‘80s, the preppy look was in. Plaid, turned-up collars, and “The Official Preppy Handbook” were like totally the coolest for anyone who wanted to be...

I was 7 years old when I finally got the courage to ask Christine to be my Valentine. I had the BIGGEST crush on her! She was the girl next door - funny, pretty and most importantly she talked to me....

If I were to tell you that call-offs cost you money and complicate staff scheduling for senior care facilities, you would be perfectly justified in responding, “Thank you, Captain Obvious, for that...

Late last year, USA Today reported on a recent Zogby Analytics survey analyzing Millennials and their use of Mobile Devices.  The study made some very interesting discoveries:

A couple weeks ago I was sitting in my doctor’s office waiting for my name to be called. I occupied the first few minutes of my wait by flipping through a months-old issue of People Magazine (George...

For some strange reason we encourage ourselves to prognosticate about the future annually as one year recedes and another begins. These projections might not always be correct, but I think they...

As a parent, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve exclaimed, “they just grow up too fast!” I had that thought countless times this past weekend as we celebrated my daughter’s birthday - a milestone...

In my role as a customer success associate with OnShift, I get to talk to a lot of schedulers and senior care employees on a daily basis. It always amazes me that so many organizations still use pen...

What’s your New Year’s Resolution for 2015? I’ve spent some time coming up with mine, and I ended up with three: to be more positive, better with my money, and to make more friends. These are all...