Direct Care Staff

The long-term care sector should use the coronavirus public health crisis as an opportunity to explore broader training opportunities that would allow staff members to work across multiple settings, including...

Nursing assistants with a lower body mass index, a higher-level position, and a work-through-pain workstyle have greater odds of experiencing work-related shoulder injuries, according to a new study from...

Increasing direct care workers’ pay to a living wage would not only raise their total wages by $9.4 billion by 2022, it would also come with a set of benefits for operators, which includes less staff...

Facilities that serve more residents with mental illness tend to have quality characteristics that differ substantially from other nursing homes, say investigators.

As one of the leaders in my nursing facility, how do I stop turnover and motivate my staff to improve our performance?