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Profile of a Superstar Scheduler: Jen Thompson of Marklund
June 20, 2017 | Jim Rubadue
Each year, we ask our customers to nominate their hard working, committed schedulers for OnShift's Scheduler of the Year Awards. Nominees should embody the mission of their respective organization...
National Nursing Assistants Week: “Specialists in the Art of Caring”
June 19, 2017 | Mark Woodka
Happy National Nursing Assistants Week to all the nursing assistants who are dedicated to providing amazing care to seniors each and every day. It takes a special kind of person to do the job you do,...
The Dos and Don’ts of Dealing With Coworker Conflict
June 8, 2017 | Mike Pumphrey
Senior living and long-term care leaders have plenty of tasks and stressors on their plates on any given day. Between unexpected scheduling issues, resident satisfaction and other unexpected events,...
Argentum Uses Workforce Metrics to Advance the Senior Living Industry
June 7, 2017 | James Balda
A large part of Argentum’s focus on workforce development has been on attracting and recruiting the next generation of senior living workers. However, the need for accurate, internal measurement on...
Combating Turnover to Win in Today’s Senior Care Market
May 23, 2017 | Peter Corless
High turnover isn’t something new to this industry. Before the great recession of 2008, health care providers faced both a nursing shortage and high employee turnover. In response, senior care...
Leading the Way: Senior Living Providers Honored at Annual Conference
May 18, 2017 | Marti Bowman
I spent the better part of the first week of May in Nashville for the Argentum Senior Living Executive Conference. Having left a cold, rainy Cleveland, Ohio, I was hoping for some warm air and...
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,...
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...
