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
Workforce woes seen worsening
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 10, 2023
One in three skilled nursing operators in a recent industry survey said their workforce levels worsened over the previous year.
Another survey; another big, bad, sad number
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 27, 2022
I spent nearly a month this summer examining your reflections on working in nursing homes. I read through nurse leaders’ comments about dissatisfaction with pay, the decreasing meaning in their jobs...
HR strategist Cara Silletto on the Mood of the Market: At a breaking point
Aug 16, 2022
In a McKnight’s Newsmakers podcast, Cara Silletto, a sought-after HR expert, takes a deep dive into the data of the McKnight’s Mood of the Market survey.
Nursing shortage is affecting patient care, nurses charge in poll
By
Diane Eastabrook
Nov 11, 2022
The nursing shortage is taking a toll on patients, according to respondents in a recent poll by nurse staffing platform Connectrn.
Survey: Over half of U.S. nurses attribute burnout to understaffing
By
Alicia Lasek
May 12, 2023
Respondents linked this issue to feelings of overwork, with 71% saying that understaffing is the key reason for poor mental health.
The 2022 McKnight’s Mood of the Market survey: Leaders at their ‘breaking points’
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 11, 2022
Nearly 60% of long-term care nurse leaders have seriously considered quitting their jobs in the last three months, a nearly 10-point jump versus 2021, according to the fourth annual McKnight’s Mood of...
Workforce mental health needs increase for most large employers: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 24, 2023
Seventy-seven percent of large employers reported an increase in workforce mental health needs in a recent survey by Business Group on Health. That’s an increase of 33% from a year ago, when 44% of employers...
The 2023 McKnight’s Mood of the Market survey: Pay up if we’re ‘never going to get caught up’
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 31, 2023
The staffing crisis in long-term care is showing signs of easing, but many building leaders still want higher pay in exchange for the extra work they’re putting in, according to results from the fifth...
Administrators and DONs at ‘breaking points’ in 2022 McKnight’s Mood of the Market
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 15, 2022
Nearly 60% of long-term care nurse leaders have seriously considered quitting their jobs in the last three months, a nearly 10-point jump since 2021, according to the fourth annual McKnight’s Mood of...