McKnight’s Senior Living November 6, 2025
One of the most concerning tests of the senior care sector’s resiliency continues to be the acute shortage of nursing professionals at every skill level.
It’s a huge risk to resident, provider and organizational safety – not to mention the broader healthcare sector at large. Better pay and benefits alone are no cure. But it’s increasingly urgent to find solutions now given the squeeze of an exceptionally high employment turnover rate as America turns older and care needs grow.
Times call for a decided shift in culture, oriented toward learning and professional growth to enhance the geriatric specialty and the “senior living” brand. Operators that foster a learning environment will attract people who want to work in senior care. They...







