Improving employee onboarding key to engaging, motivating, retaining caregivers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 26, 2024
Employee retention begins with onboarding and training, but onboarding standards for the health services industry — including senior living — don’t look great, according to industry experts.
Fostering respect and appreciation seen as keys to retaining direct care workers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 27, 2024
Expressions of appreciation and respect can go a long way in addressing senior living’s direct care workforce crisis, according to a panel of direct workers and employers who addressed what makes employees...
Caregiving linked to lower mortality in postmenopausal eomen
Nov 10, 2023
The inverse association did not differ with caregiving frequency or when stratified by age, race-ethnicity or depressive symptoms.
RN wages projected to grow more rapidly than wages for other professions, study finds
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 12, 2023
Registered nurse salaries are projected to increase over the next decade at a rate that surpasses the rate of increases for some other healthcare professions, according to the results of a recent study...
Online platforms that let nurses pick and choose which facilities they work for are an effort to combat the nursing shortage. The platforms, however, have benefits and disadvantages for all parties involved...
At-home senior digital platform releases app to help families manage all aspects of care
By
Aaron Dorman
Sep 07, 2023
A platform that specializes in at-home support for seniors announced the release of its first mobile app this week.
Nurses report high resiliency, yet many want to leave the field
Aug 24, 2023
High resilience among nurses was associated with better quality of care and contributes to job satisfaction.
Worse QoL seen for Parkinson’s patients with depressed caregivers
Aug 11, 2023
Patients with Parkinson’s whose caregivers have depression symptoms have a worse quality of life and higher emergency department use.
ChatGPT can mimic clinicians for ‘low-risk’ queries, study finds
By
Aaron Dorman
Jul 19, 2023
A recent study on AI’s capabilities in healthcare suggests that patients are willing to receive advice from chatbots on “low-risk” topics.
Better Care Better Jobs Act may be antidote to infrastructure compromise that leaves out home care
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 28, 2021
Home care and aging services providers are optimistic the care economy will get the funding it needs, despite being left out of a new infrastructure deal between the White House and a bipartisan team of...