Long-term care is in a pivotal moment. With the senior population growing exponentially as baby boomers require more intensive care, skilled and long-term facilities will require an influx of nurses and...
Even with more supportive employers, 60% of senior care workers ready to leave: survey
By
Joe Bush
Sep 26, 2022
Nearly 60% of senior care workers have considered leaving their jobs in the last year, with most saying they’d be enticed by better pay and benefits and one-third looking for better work-life balance. ...
Job unrest rises 19% but satisfaction stays ‘astonishing’ high: McKnight’s 2020 Mood of the Market...
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 02, 2020
More long-term care managers said they seriously considered quitting their job over the last three months compared to a year earlier, but overall levels of job satisfaction remain remarkably high, according...
To reduce burnout and turnover, improve family-staff relationships
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
May 22, 2018
People who travel tend to be happier with their jobs and companies than those who don’t. This is a research finding that long-term care managers and operators definitely should heed.
Changing lives or just shoveling snow?
Feb 13, 2014
Like any good long-term care provider, I should know that to breathe a sigh of relief after weathering a crisis is to challenge the gods. Remember Brad, the nursing home administrator who left the deposition...
‘Prosocial’ bonuses at work boost mood
By
Elizabeth Newman
Nov 01, 2013
Giving employees money to spend on charities or their coworkers is a way to increase job satisfaction and performance, according to Duke University research.