Senior Healthcare Blog

Stop me if you’ve heard this story before. A community uses pen and paper to make the staff schedule. When a call-off comes in, the scheduler spends hours calling down a list of employees until...

Happy National Assisted Living Week! This year’s theme is “Capture the Moment,” which NCAL hopes will inspire residents to seize the day and reflect on pivotal moments of the past. It also serves to...

Labor is generally one of the top expenses for any residential IDD provider. And for many, rising overtime can drive these costs even higher. While you may never be able to fully eliminate overtime,...

Scheduling in a community-based care setting isn’t always so simple. Particularly for those in the Behavioral Healthcare and IDD space, scheduling is about more than just filling shifts—it’s about...

OnShift is a literal crowd pleaser for Solon Pointe – an Embassy Healthcare Community in Northeast Ohio. Hear employees at all levels – from corporate HR director to nursing assistant - discuss how...

Scheduling in complex healthcare environments is tricky. Between changing regulations, managing call-offs and adhering to labor budgets, it can be difficult to ensure you have the right staff in the...

Senior living is a labor-intensive industry with a nearly one-to-one ratio of employees to residents. We all know recruitment challenges lie ahead as the number of aging Americans grows, so we need...

Of all the industry weeks, I have to say this one holds a special place in my heart since being nursing assistant was the catalyst in my career.

They say that everything happens for a reason and we...

As an industry, we need to ensure a strong long-term succession plan focused on developing our future leaders. But, how do we get the word out that senior living offers a rewarding and fulfilling...

Every employee, from hourly workers to c-suite executives, has sat through some bad meetings. However, when run well, meetings can bring teams closer, get everyone on the same page, solve problems...

Another National Skilled Nursing Care Week is upon us. This year’s theme is “celebrating life’s stories.” And while I am sure people will interpret what that means differently, to me it means...

 Having the right scheduling software in place helps reduce unnecessary labor costs and increase scheduling efficiencies, all while supporting your biggest priority: providing the highest quality of...