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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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Addressing The Top CFO Concerns In Senior Care

February 23, 2018 | Mike Pumphrey

Specialty investment bank Ziegler recently released a report that identified the top concerns of chief financial officers in senior care. The results? An overwhelming majority of the 160 CFOs and...

3 Tips To Measure Employee Performance In LTC & Senior Living

February 15, 2018 | Peter Corless

For long-term care and senior living organizations, providing the best care and services starts and ends with their employees. But how can you measure employee performance without micromanaging...

[INFO] 5 Quick Scheduling Tips For Caregivers In LTC & Senior Living

February 9, 2018 | Mike Pumphrey

Work-life balance. It might just sound like the latest buzzword in employee engagement but for today’s workforce, it’s a must have. Millennials and Gen Zer’s are taking over the workplace. And they...

5 Tips For Creating An Awesome Senior Care Onboarding Program

February 5, 2018 | Tommy Marzella

With just a little over a week working at OnShift, I can already tell it’s going to be a great fit. Starting a new job is never easy – new employees, expectations and technology make the experience...

How To Build A Rewards Program That Boosts Employee Engagement

February 2, 2018 | Peter Corless

A fun and inclusive rewards program is an essential component for attracting, engaging and retaining employees, particularly for post-acute care and senior living providers struggling with...

6 Tips For Recruiting To Senior Care From Outside The Industry 

January 23, 2018 | Peter Corless

New year, same situation: a growing staff shortage, high turnover rates and a 4.2 percent unemployment rate nationwide. In 2018, long-term care and senior living organizations will again be neck and...

The Top 10 Long-Term Care & Senior Living Blogs Of 2017

January 19, 2018 | Marti Bowman

2017 was an action-packed 365 days for all of us at OnShift, with our efforts each and every day focused on helping senior care providers address their most critical workforce challenges.

What Will The Senior Care Workforce Look Like In 2030?

December 14, 2017 | Peter Corless

As we enter the final months of 2017, long-term care and senior living organizations are finalizing programs and new initiatives for 2018. I’ve even heard that many are starting to plan for 2019 and...

5 Predictors Of Employee Turnover In Long-Term Care & Senior Living

December 8, 2017 | Peter Corless

Gone are the days of employees staying with a single employer for 30-plus years. In fact, today’s mostly millennial workforce is more likely than any other generation to “job hop,” according to a ...

5 Tips For Boosting Employee Engagement This Holiday Season

November 21, 2017 | Mike Pumphrey

As some would say, the holidays are the most wonderful time of the year. And I can’t help but agree with that sentiment. The holidays are an ideal time to celebrate with family and friends, reflect...

Senior Care Managers: The Linchpin of Employee Engagement

November 9, 2017 | Mike Pumphrey

Employee engagement is top of mind for senior care providers, but what about manager engagement? We did some digging into the role that leadership plays in organizational success and found that...

6 Tips for Caregiver Success in LTC & Senior Living

October 20, 2017 | Peter Corless

At first glance, today’s low unemployment numbers are positive for the overall economy. But a low unemployment rate nationwide presents particular workforce challenges for long-term care and senior...