Staff Retention

Nursing home quality improves; increasing staff retention remains goal, AHCA report says

Nursing home quality improves; increasing staff retention remains goal, AHCA report says

Quality levels and customer satisfaction levels continue to improve in skilled nursing facilities, although increasing retention levels in certain positions remains a challenge, according to a new quality report from the American Health Care Association.

Nursing home employees often suffer from compassion fatigue

Nursing home employees often suffer from compassion fatigue

Compassion fatigue and grief are the unrecognized downside to working in the nursing home industry. When sufferers are overburdened by emotions, they want to escape from work, end up feeling isolated from coworkers and unable to participate in the daily give-and-take of the job.

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