Senior Healthcare Blog

This holiday season marks the end of my first year as President and COO of OnShift, and what a year it has been! I’d like to take some time to reflect on the past, but most importantly, offer you...

This holiday season, Argentum is celebrating in a different way. When we might have gone to laser tag or bowling, this year, at staff request, we are wrapping and distributing toys for kids. 

Earlier this year, the World Health Organization declared employee burnout an occupational phenomenon, which doesn't bode well for senior care, an industry that's already struggling to attract and...

According to a recent report from Gallup, nearly two-thirds of full-time workers experience burnout on the job. It’s become such a common workforce issue that the World Health Organization (WHO) ...

This year, we did things a little differently. Rather than have one our bloggers do the talking in our annual Thanksgiving post, we wanted to get the perspective of some of the hardest working, most...

I had the pleasure of attending the official naming of the Granger Cobb Institute for Senior Living and it was the sort of event that made me appreciate all that this industry has to offer. The...

The long-term care and senior living industries continue to grapple with rising labor costs resulting primarily from high employee turnover and a growing workforce shortage. According to the annual...

Great leaders are hard to find. And excellent leaders, the kind who leave larger-than-life legacies, well, those come along only once in a blue moon. Case in point, the late Granger Cobb, former...

If you have children—or ever were one—you know how powerful storytelling can be. The shame is that somewhere along the way many of us forget how to tell a good story. I think it happens as we’re...

It’s been a little over two weeks since the new Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) went into effect. And if we’ve learned anything from the months leading up to it, it’s that change is the one...

October is Residents’ Rights Month – an event that celebrates and promotes awareness of dignity, respect, and the rights of those in long-term care communities under the federal Nursing Home Reform...

While generators, evacuation plans and the like are all very important, one of the most critical elements of any emergency preparedness plan is being able to quickly communicate with employees, both...