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Assisted Living Education Programs Attract Younger Members to Your Team by Meeting Them Where They Are

With the median age of nurses in the U.S. at 46 and one-quarter of nurses set to retire over the next five years, assisted living facilities will continue to face hurdles in attracting an adequate number of workers. That’s why innovative training models and flexible learning paths that speak to young people are so critical – they provide one of the best routes to recruit and retain the next generation of professionals.

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How Assisted Living Employee Training Keeps Your Team Motivated in an Ever-Changing Workplace

Assisted living communities across the United States share one constant theme: change. Staffing turnover is high in the industry – as much as 42.1% on average in 2022 according to this article in McNight’s Senior Living. Residents move to different levels of care, or pass on, and regulations are revised frequently.

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Choosing Senior Care Training Courses for Staff Development

Staff who work in senior care, from nurses to the dining services team, require the knowledge, skills — and often the licensing and certification — to do their jobs well and provide the best care for residents in senior living communities. Three key factors go into choosing senior care training courses — quality of the courses, convenience and accessibility, and outcome.

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The Importance of Training for Safe and Effective Pain Management in Palliative Care

In palliative care, effective pain management is essential for enhancing residents' quality of life. To achieve this goal, it is critical to ensure that staff are equipped with the necessary training to manage residents' pain safely and effectively. Comprehensive training in pain assessment, non-pharmacological interventions, medication management, and the role of communication are all important because each is a key part of the plan of care when implementing pain management in palliative care.

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Improve Communications with Long Term Care Training

Miscommunications happen every day. But in an assisted living community or nursing home, good communication takes on a life-or-death importance. The right kind of long term care training for caregiving staff can help improve communications and ultimately, reduce medical errors, enhance resident quality of life, and increase satisfaction for everyone.

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An Assisted Living Emergency Evacuation Plan for Crisis Management

A crisis requiring evacuation is every assisted living administrator’s nightmare. Life-threatening events like a fire or flooding are stressful enough without the complexities involved in evacuating medically-fragile seniors. Administrators must not only have a comprehensive assisted living emergency evacuation plan but must ensure that staff and residents are well prepared when a crisis occurs.

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