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Senior Healthcare Blog

Looking for the latest workforce insights & strategies from top providers & industry experts? You’ve come to the right place. Our award-winning blog features fresh best practices around recruiting, hiring, managing and engaging senior care employees, so grab a fresh cup of joe, pull up a chair and jump right in.

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3 Ways Behavioral Health Providers Can Boost Employee Engagement

September 25, 2018 | Cari Rosenberger

According to a recent survey of 17 states from the National Core Indicator, the average turnover rate for direct support professionals (DSPs) is 45%. And other research, predicts turnover in the...

Nursing Assistants Are Financially Insecure - Here's Why It Matters

September 20, 2018 | Mike Pumphrey

15% of Skilled Nursing Assistants Live in Poverty Amid Stagnant Wages. That was the title of the hard-hitting article Skilled Nursing News recently published, which presented several scary statistics...

How One CCRC Reduced Turnover By 10% With Employee-Centric Scheduling

September 18, 2018 | Jim Rubadue

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...

3 Reasons LTC & Senior Living Companies Need Older Employees

September 14, 2018 | Mike Pumphrey

We spend a lot of time talking about the impact that millennials have on the economy and job market, and with good reason. As of 2017, according to Pew Research, millennials are the largest...

Rock Star Content Marketing Tips To Attract Senior Care Employees

September 7, 2018 | Marti Bowman

In marketing circles, Joe Pulizzi, founder of the Content Marketing Institute, is considered a rock star. A major, world-tour-standing room-only rock star. He made content marketing what it is today,...

Introducing OnShift® Text2Hire: Our New Text-Based Recruiting Software

September 4, 2018 | Tommy Marzella

We kept seeing the same thing: hiring managers did not contact job applicants fast enough, resulting in organizations losing candidates to other communities. Sometimes they got lucky and were able to...

[VIDEO] How OnShift Creates An Engaged & Satisfied Workforce

August 31, 2018 | Cari Rosenberger

Your direct-care staff are at the center of everything that you do, but today's challenging labor market makes attracting and retaining them more difficult than ever before. 

OnShift's scheduling and...

Join Nearly 400 Senior Living Works Ambassadors in Spreading Awareness

August 29, 2018 | James Balda

As I’ve visited senior living communities around the country, I am always struck by the incredible people in our industry. The chef who creates a varied and delicious menu. The caregiver who treats...

Employee Engagement Strategies From A Five-Star Rated Community

August 20, 2018 | Peter Corless

Last week I covered five recruiting tips that Lisa Whited, HR Director at Washington Odd Fellows Home, a Five-Star rated community, shared during a McKnight’s Long-Term Care News webinar with OnShift.

Why Providers Need To Start Thinking About Mobile Recruitment

August 17, 2018 | Tommy Marzella

The workforce shortage in senior care isn’t going anywhere – at least anytime soon. Between low unemployment (3.9%), high turnover (51% median for CNA in long-term care and 36% median caregiver...

How To Craft A Meaningful Mission Statement That Engages Employees

August 16, 2018 | Lisa Fordyce

Your mission statement exists for a reason: It defines who your organization is, what its values are and why the products and services you offer are superior to the competition. 

Since your mission...

5 Rockstar Recruiting Strategies From A Five-Star Rated Community

August 13, 2018 | Peter Corless

I recently had the pleasure of hosting a McKnight’s Webinar with Lisa Whited, HR Director at Washington Odd Fellows Home. The recruiting strategies that she presented really resonated with attendees...