HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
Employee recruitment and retention in the long-term care setting is a major problem that is not new. Much has
been written about this problem but now it has reached epidemic proportions. The reasons for this are varied and
includes new opportunities for women who have traditionally made up most of the staff plus other factors. I
will attempt to define some of the problems in recruiting staff for the long-term care setting particularly skilled
Nursing homes and try to focus more in depth in retention strategies including some that I have helped to develop
and implement as part of my duties as a Dept. Head in my facility.
PROBLEM ID
Turnover in the Nursing Home setting is long standing and now is worse than ever and getting worse. In some
facilities turnover is between 100% to 400% - even in facilities that are considered a good place to work and try to
stem this problem and have policies for doing so.
English: Nursing Home in Goldthorn Hill. This area...
English: Part of the nursing home at Penrhos Camp ...
Special elderly nursing home of JapanNursing Homes in general have a bad reputation; it is the place to go to to die. They have been seen to provide
poor care where everyone who works there is a crook or is abusive. Staff there are mostly dumb people who are
not educated and are not really interested in taking care of people only interested in getting a paycheck. The care
there is seen to be substandard, the nurses don't know what they are doing , the food is poor and if someone is
there long enough they will develop a bedsore or infection and will die alone in pain or discomfort. This poor view
certainly seems to make the headlines which seems to be the only kind of coverage nursing homes get especially
here in Florida where...