Land a new job? 4 tips to exit your current job gracefully
By
Kendra Nicastro
Apr 20, 2021
At some point in your working life, you will leave a place of employment. Whether to advance your career, seek additional training or to accommodate a personal or family situation, the goal should be to...
The CNAs are coming: Are you ready?
By
Lori Porter
Apr 07, 2021
It is doubtful that the framers of the constitution, when they drafted the First Amendment, had any idea that ensuring the “right of people to peaceably assemble” would include a virtual Zoom meeting...
Do not forget to grieve
By
Bill McGinley
Mar 26, 2021
Covid vaccines have provided the light at the end of the tunnel that we have been waiting for. Everyone cannot wait to “return to normal.” Not that “normal” was a day at the beach for those of...
The overdue digital revolution in post-acute workforce management
By
Rachel Schiff
Mar 25, 2021
Workforce shortages are well understood challenges of the healthcare industry. However, the skilled nursing industry has always been hit the hardest. This market is characterized by tight margins and facilities...
Proven COVID-19 strategies headline 10th McKnight’s Online Forum
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 24, 2021
The landscape may be changing, but COVID-19 is still dominating long-term care. During the 10th McKnight’s Online Forum on April 1, McKnight’s Long-Term Care News and McKnight’s Senior...
How the COO’s role will continue to evolve
By
Melissa Powell
Mar 22, 2021
For years, there has been speculation that the role of the chief operating officer was being phased out in favor of a chief technology officer or chief information officer. Long known as the “CEO’s...
Put time on your side: Four ways a time clock can fast forward goals
By
Jim Pirraglia
Mar 19, 2021
Despite an ongoing evolution of employee time-tracking solutions, many long-term care organizations still rely on antiquated time clocks that do little more than record a worker’s comings and goings....
New employees dish up dinner and after-hours visits
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 17, 2021
In the last few months, nursing homes in Plattsburgh, NY, and Stillwater, MN, snagged some valuable new employees in a remarkably tough market. Their secret recruitment tool? They’re not only employers...
Tackling senior care staffing challenges during COVID-19 and beyond
By
David Wilkins
Mar 11, 2021
It has been a year since COVID-19 struck senior care with a vengeance, and the dual pressures to ensure the financial health of an organization along with the physical and mental health of its residents...
Lawmakers must address nursing home workforce crisis to ensure quality care
By
George Linial
Mar 08, 2021
Before COVID-19, Texas nursing homes reported the worst staffing shortages in the nation. Texas projected we will be 60,000 nurses short by 2030, and that demand in nursing homes would double between 2015...