Building a coveted ‘destination workplace’ requires diverse investments, active listening to staff:...
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 27, 2024
Faced with today’s complex array of financial, staffing and regulatory challenges, senior care operators need to rely on a broad range of solutions, a panel of experts said
Group lays out plan for empowered long-term care workers
By
Kristen Fischer
Jul 18, 2024
The Alzheimer’s Association Dementia Care Provider Roundtable (AADCPR) — a group that aims to solve issues in the long-term care, home care and community-based services workforce — came up with...
New staffing specialists seen as opportunity to turn the tide on retention, onboarding
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 06, 2024
Faced with staffing and retention challenges so common in long-term care, a group of 16 nursing homes is trying a fresh approach: hiring an onboarding and retention specialist to manage the employee experience...
Understaffing, clinical demands driving trend of nurses fleeing profession
By
Josh Henreckson
Feb 08, 2024
More than three-quarters of care workers are considering a job change and 45% are considering changing careers entirely, according to the results of a new survey. Top concerns were short staffing and clinical...
Survey assesses turnover and retention rates among assisted living workers
By
McKnight's Staff
Oct 16, 2012
The overall retention rate for all assisted living employees was 73% in 2011, a new survey from a provider group finds.
Sebelius: New nurse, home health aide surveys designed to increase worker satisfaction
May 19, 2009
The recently released Department of Health and Human Services survey of long-term care nursing assistants (CNAs), and a forthcoming survey of home health workers, reflects the department’s commitment...
Despite historic conditions, leaders show resilience, attraction to ‘meaningful’ work, McKnight’s...
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 01, 2020
The dangerous and often deadly conditions in nursing homes during the pandemic have not broken the dedication of top managers, a new McKnight’s survey finds.
Simple onboarding fixes can boost retention, raise ‘shockingly low bar’ for providers
By
Josh Henreckson
May 27, 2024
Newly hired caregivers’ impressions of their onboarding process have a major impact on job satisfaction and retention, but recent analysis of hundreds of US caregivers and administrators shows a major...
Survey reveals causes of burnout among U.S. nurses, areas for improvement
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 14, 2021
Fully two-thirds of nurses are now considering leaving the profession, a survey released earlier this month from staffing firm Cross Country Healthcare has found.
With pay up, skilled nursing leaders want more staff next: 2022 McKnight’s Mood of the Market
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 17, 2022
More staff edged out higher salary as the No. 1 way to increase job satisfaction among nurse leaders and administrators in the 2022 McKnight’s Mood of the Market survey.