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
Recruiting, retention strategies shared by McKnight’s Women of Distinction
By
Foster Stubbs
May 16, 2024
“Hire the right people, and hire them as quickly as possible.”
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...
‘Dangerous’ trend requires different support for new and experienced nurses: expert panel
By
Josh Henreckson
Nov 13, 2023
Nurses need focused training and reliable support networks if the healthcare sector hopes to head off retention woes that are trending in a “dangerous” direction, a group of nursing experts...
In McKnight’s 2023 Mood of the Market, nursing home managers warn to pay up, be flexible to stem...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 10, 2023
The staffing crisis in long-term care is showing signs of easing, but many building leaders still want higher pay and more flexibility in exchange for the extra work they’re putting in, according to...
Sharing direct care workers’ stories to support recruitment and retention
By
Robin Klar
May 22, 2023
Direct care workers caring for older adults and people with disabilities—defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as personal care aides, home health aides, and nursing assistants—make up the largest...
Providers embrace worker-first scheduling, flexibilities to attract, keep workers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 15, 2023
More than ever before, providers must personalize scheduling and build programs that speak to individual employees to attract the next generation of workers, skilled nursing and senior living leaders emphasized...
Wednesday’s Workforce Development Forum offers timely skilled nursing hiring and retention strategies
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 14, 2023
Want easy access to some of the nation’s best nursing and retention experts? Join us Wednesday, Feb. 15 for the year’s first McKnight’s Workforce Development Forum.
Provider-supplied housing for nursing home staff catching on as retention tool
By
Joe Bush
Oct 25, 2022
One way to attract and retain nursing home staff is to house them in nearby, affordable apartments, an idea used with success by at least several healthcare companies on the East Coast.
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.