Nursing home leaders unraveling after months of pandemic dangers, workloads, McKnight’s survey shows
Findings of the 2021 McKnight’s Mood of the Market survey shed unsettling light on fragile workplaces and severely tested workforces.
Workforce
Three Maine nursing homes to close for good after ‘exhausting every staffing resource’
Three rural Maine nursing homes announced their pending closures this week, all of them citing staffing challenges and the ongoing pandemic.
Learn how to adapt staffing strategies during Sept. 23 webinar
Experienced workforce professionals will share their latest take on managing labor shortages during a Sept. 23 McKnight’s webinar. During “Innovation in practice: Attacking the workforce crisis with modern staffing strategies,” attendees will learn about a transformative approach to labor management that prioritizes flexibility for employees, streamlines operational processes and maintains high-quality resident care. In this…
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy up for racial, ethnic minority HCWs
Vaccine hesitancy highest among Black and Hispanic or Latino health care workers; concerns include side effects, newness of vaccine
Working night shift may increase risk for atrial fibrillation
Risk increased for both current and long-term exposure to night shift work regardless of genetic risk for atrial fibrillation
The impact of supervisor support on the job satisfaction of immigrant and minority LTC workers
The long-term care workforce is growing increasingly diverse. Immigrant and minority workers make up a significant proportion of the long-term care workforce and may be influential in filling these positions in the future. Given the growing diversity of the long-term care workforce, it is both timely and pertinent to examine how job satisfaction may be…
States would get more funding to expand long-term care workforce under new proposal
States and long-term care providers would receive additional funding to hire and retain workers under a new measure proposed by Democratic lawmakers.
Sept. 21 webinar offers five proven retention strategies for employees’ first 100 days
Join the McKnight’s brands as we discuss five techniques proven to reduce employee turnover in the skilled nursing, senior living and home care settings.
The gig economy finally catches up with long-term care
It’s going to take more than just money to entice people into healthcare and get them to stay
Outsmarting workforce shortage, wage inflation and more frame Aug. 31 webinar
Want to know why so many workers are exiting the healthcare market — or better yet, how to get them to stay? Join McKnight’s Long-Term Care News for an Aug. 31 webinar dedicated to reviewing the current workforce crisis, as well as strategies and solutions to help your facility recruit, retain and source staff. The…
