The skilled nursing sector is in the midst of upheaval, and providers must create and execute on strategies that involve difficult choices and significant financial investments if they hope to thrive in the future. “We are in a period of disruption,” Dana Wollschlager, partner and industry practice leader of senior living development and advisory services for Plante Moran Living Forward,
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Stretched emergency departments, working conditions for senior nurses, frustrations around visa applications for incoming nurses and poor intakes for nursing courses at domestic universities all discussed. Verrall says she agrees that change is needed. “I knew many of the nurses I sat down with today. When I hear their stories I can imagine exactly what it will be like because
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The issues that result from a mismatch of supply and demand are easier to understand than they can be to resolve, and particularly dismaying when they involve a shortage of providers for health care and a growing number of those who need that care, whether in hospital, nursing facility or home settings. The problem is no more plainly stated than
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Private hospitals are struggling to keep their nursing staff afloat, as a huge influx continues to move to the public sector – that offers the unbeatable perk of a job for life. Marinos Soteriou, a doctor working with the private sector, told theCyprus Mailon Friday that although private hospitals are offering equally competitive salaries, it is impossible to compete with
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Mila, who has cerebral palsy, still required the care of a home nurse, as she recovered last fall from having a tracheotomy — a surgical opening in the throat to help her breath. But there were no home nurses available. So, due to staffing shortages and cracks in the health care system — but not due to medical need —
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Every decision by the government (or anyone else) comes with costs. Making good decisions is a matter of looking squarely at all the costs and benefits and choosing wisely in their light. One lesson of the COVID-19 pandemic is the importance and difficulty of accountingfor all the costs of agency actions in emergency situations. The ongoing vaccine mandate forhealth care workersis a
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When healthcare workers burn out and quit their jobs, the stakes are higher than when the Great Resignation hits some other industries.Healthcare’s Great Resignationcreates shortages in the vital healthcare workforce that can put patients at risk. New researchreleased today from OnePoll and connectRN illustrates just how harmful those resignations—and the staffing shortages they cause—can be. In a survey conducted with
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