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Sink or Swim: What Senior Care Providers Need to Do Now to Stay Afloat
May 12, 2017 | Peter Corless
The post-acute, skilled nursing facility (SNF) sector is currently in a significant state of uncertainty, with the main problem being the lack of predictability in reimbursement when budgets are...
Identifying the Next Wave of Leaders to Advance Senior Living
May 4, 2017 | James Balda
We know the senior living industry needs to recruit 1.2 million new employees by 2025 to properly care for and serve the swelling population of seniors. One way we can work toward meeting that goal...
Winning the Battle Against Senior Care’s Biggest Workforce Challenges
April 14, 2017 | Peter Corless
The LeadingAge Center for Applied Research asked LeadingAge members to disclose their most prominent workforce issues in nursing homes, assisted living communities and home and community-based...
The Onboarding Process: Why it Makes or Breaks Employee Retention
April 12, 2017 | Mike Pumphrey
Most employee turnover in senior living and long-term care occurs within the first 90 days on the job, and with increasing competition and a skyrocketing workforce shortage across the industry,...
Introducing the Dream Team – The 2017 OnShift Schedulers of the Year!
April 5, 2017 | Jim Rubadue
Nothing screams anticipation and excitement like March Madness. Personally, I can’t get enough of it! From the underdogs to the upsets, the road to the Final Four never disappoints.
5 Tips for Managing Hourly Employees in Senior Living & Long-Term Care
April 4, 2017 | Mike Pumphrey
Some businesses believe that by paying their hourly employees competitive wages, they’ve done enough. However, there’s a lot more that goes into the oversight of hourly employees than paying them...
Senior Living Programs Aim to Attract New Generation of Workers
March 31, 2017 | James Balda
1.2 million new employees will need to be recruited by 2025 to care for the country’s growing aging population—that’s according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In acknowledgment of this critical...
How Team Building Can Accelerate Employee Engagement in Senior Care
March 28, 2017 | Peter Corless
One major trend the senior living and long-term care (LTC) profession will certainly see in 2017 is a greater emphasis on teams. More and more, organizations are structuring their staff to be team...
Best of the Long-Term Care and Senior Living Blog 2016
January 19, 2017 | Marti Bowman
On my drive into work this morning, I found myself wondering how we are already more than half-way through January 2017. Seriously, where has the time gone?! I have mixed emotions about the time...
Senior Living Achieves Job Growth Similar To Private Sector
December 29, 2016 | James Balda
Job growth in senior living continues to accelerate, adding a net 5,100 jobs in the 3rd quarter of 2016, according to Argentum’s most recent report, “State of the Senior Living Workforce,” sponsored...
