TeamSTEPPS® Tools: Using SBAR to Your Advantage
No, SBAR isn’t a new nutrient packed snack bar. Yes, it does work! This tool helps communicate critical information and elicit a response. Nurses are already familiar with the tool, but the use of...
Workforce Word for 2020 – Culture
We hear it every day – Workforce is the number one issue keeping members up at night. Recruiting and retaining a committed, qualified workforce is more difficult than ever. We can point to many...
TeamSTEPPS Tools: Creating Shared Mental Models to Improve Communication and Resident Care
Effective communication and true teamwork are at the root of organizational success but prove to be challenging. TeamSTEPPS® is a training program that offers the opportunity to empower to your team with tools to...
Leadership Moment: Who is the Best Boss You’ve Ever Had?
Take a moment to think about the best boss you have ever had. What made them the best? Was it because they inspired you to achieve more or held you accountable to your goals?...
Need Help With Recruitment? Let Us Help!
By Susan Hildebrandt, VP of Workforce LeadingAge National
Workforce challenges top LeadingAge members’ concerns. Recruitment is a multi-faceted activity involving marketing to and educating prospects even before the hiring process starts. That’s why LeadingAge has created...
CMS Releases Workforce Toolkits from CMP Reinvestment Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched an initiative, called The Civil Money Penalty Reinvestment Program (CMPRP), to assist nursing home teams in quality improvement efforts. The CMPRP is primarily focused on improving...
HBR Articles on Workforce
See these helpful articles for leaders, managers, and employers.
Why Employees Need Both Recognition and Appreciation
Do You Give Employees a Reason to Feel Proud of What They Do?
Getting Your Team to Do...
Paycheck to Paycheck Homeownership Affordability Calculator
Paycheck to Paycheck at https://www.nhc.org/paycheck-to-paycheck/ is an interactive online tool from the National Housing Coalition that allows users to research and compare rental and homeownership affordability challenges of workers in 81 occupations in 259 metro areas...
Focus on Meaningful Supports for Your Team
Our workforce today often faces challenges and complications in their personal lives. Research by the National Human Services Assembly suggests that staff who have stable family lives are more effective at work, as they...
Great New Recruitment Tools on LeadingAge Workforce Website
LeadingAge recently updated their website to include an entire section on recruitment. Visit the page.
Submit A Worthy Employee to be a LeadingAge Kansas Hero in Aging
We recently launched a new PR Initiative to improve the image of working in Aging Services. It is one of the outgrowths of our Workforce Commission who is focused on all things Workforce. Last...
Learn About the IMAGINE Initiative
LeadingAge just released the IMAGINE Initiative – International Migration of Aging and Geriatric Workers in Response to the Needs of Elders. The IMAGINE paper outlines a series of bold proposals that, if enacted, would enable aging services...