Workforce Management Challenges and Opportunities in Post Acute and Senior Living
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Elaine Howley |
January 16, 2020
Some long-term care and assisted living communities are getting creative in how they recruit the best and brightest staff, and are taking pains to build their next generation of staff leaders
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Nell Griffin |
January 15, 2020
A two-year study of three nursing homes in Sweden offers valuable data for all nursing home leaders. The study, Unmet Expectations: Why N...
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Nell Griffin |
January 15, 2020
A key component of active implementation of the final rule is for all staff to be trained and participating in Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) activities — a paradigm shift for some nursing homes.
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Elaine Howley |
December 30, 2019
Finding (and modeling) a better work-life balance can benefit your entire organization
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Elaine Howley |
December 20, 2019
On-the-job training can improve quality of care and incentivize good workers to stay put.
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Elaine Howley |
November 25, 2019
Is your facility in compliance with new EPA rules regarding disposal of pharmaceuticals?
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Elaine Howley |
September 25, 2019
Better communication can improve your workplace culture and lead to better staff commitment and longevity.
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As nurse leaders, we often take for granted that staff have the necessary skills and knowledge to adequately and safely care for the diverse needs of all our residents, especially new admissions.
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Kathleen Mears |
December 28, 2017
SNF resident blogger Kathy Mears writes about her experiences with nursing students doing clinicals at her nursing home.
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2017 brought attention to staffing shortages, initiatives to cross-train and a new push to educate caregivers in person-centered memory care. Here are our Editors’ Top 6 stories for 2017 on staffing, training and job leadership.
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Kathleen Mears |
December 18, 2017
Caring can come at a cost for residents and aides, but the hurt is worth it, says SNF resident blogger Kathy Mears.
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Pamela Tabar |
December 12, 2017
Most states don’t yet require dementia training for home care workers. Will deeper training in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias become the market differentiator in the home care sector?
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Pamela Tabar |
December 6, 2017
A Missouri skilled nursing program reduced unnecessary hospitalizations by nearly 50 percent by using full-time APRNs, according to a CMS report.
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Nicole Stempak |
November 21, 2017
The winner of the 2017 OPTIMA Award for Excellence in Resident-Focused Care started an intergenerational living program to give new life to aging services and solve staff shortages at the same time.
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A new report finds fewer than half of surveyed hospice workers have advance directives.
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The two companies will combine their talents in healthcare workforce management and senior care hiring solutions.
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Kathleen Mears |
October 23, 2017
SNF resident blogger Kathy Mears liked that her former facility started an employee award program but wished it were better explained and communicated to residents.
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Fresh thinking and attention to organizational culture can improve care outcomes for residents, employee morale, reduce turnover and improve profits.
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The new feature provides backups and audit response reports for payroll-based journal requirements.
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Pamela Tabar |
October 17, 2017
America’s twenty-somethings are on pace to boost the workforce as nearly one million registered nurses are reaching retirement age in the next decade.
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I Advance Senior Care |
September 29, 2017
The associations recognize three senior living providers as the 2017 Gold National Quality Award recipients.
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New CMS regulations are an opportunity for providers to write policies and practice procedures that can prepare staff for the unexpected.
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I Advance Senior Care is proud to announce the winner of the 2017 OPTIMA Award for Excellence in Resident-Focused Care.
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Providers often hire a director of nursing with decades of experience, but one Wisconsin nursing home chose to cultivate its own homegrown talent for the position.
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A Kindred executive director will be honored for contributions to quality improvement at the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living’s Annual Convention and Expo.
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Pamela Tabar |
July 12, 2017
The new group will explore long-term and post-acute care staffing issues and provide resources to combat turnover.
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Government policies that impact immigrant workers could have devastating effects on senior care warns PHI, a national organization for the direct care workforce.
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