The high stakes of healthcare worker misclassification
By
Tom Daschle
Apr 24, 2023
Worker classification has become a contentious issue impacting a growing number of companies in the emerging gig economy.
Working smarter, not longer: Overcoming staff vacancies by improving operational efficiency
Nov 22, 2022
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The differences of managing a PRN float pool workforce
By
David Coppins
Oct 20, 2022
Nursing homes trying to eliminate their reliance on staffing agencies need to move their hiring in-house and manage the changing needs of a bigger workforce. A PRN float pool is one way to recruit more...
Amid staffing squeeze, PRN staff offer a new solution
By
David Coppins
Sep 06, 2022
Since COVID hit, almost every nursing home in the country has asked in-house staff to work overtime and extra shifts, leading to increased burnout and churn. More than 70% of nursing homes have relied...
From campaign slogan to nursing home death sentence
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 09, 2022
“Four more years” is the kind of boisterous campaign chant that punctuates the end of political rallies, with riled up fans going hoarse with the idea of sustained success. But the American Health...
Practical steps to prepare our ‘careforce’ for the now normal
By
Fred Bonaccorso
Jul 12, 2022
Services and support for our frailest, oldest adults need to evolve and improve. We need your leadership – now and into the future – to anticipate and embrace change, to help with the continued healing...
Providers already have the answers to their staffing problems — if they know where to look
Jul 12, 2022
Long-term care providers can win the recruiting battle for workers by using current staff members’ own observations to better build their “employee brand,” advises a top consultant, former administrator...
The solution to your staffing problems? Listen, learn, change
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 02, 2022
With more than 40 years in healthcare as a provider, and more significantly as a strategic market analyst, Irving Stackpole knows a thing or 300 about your business and the struggles you face.
Let’s put a new spin on this tired ol’ nursing home staffing story
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 08, 2022
More money, more benefits, more flexibility. We need to know more of the nursing home staffing story.
Insider perspective on price increases at nurse staffing agencies
By
Dan Silver
Dec 07, 2021
When my family started Silver Medical Staffing in 2019, our only clients were skilled nursing facilities. Our first contract was a block from our house, and I passed the building every day on my walk to...