Senior Housing News September 17, 2024
Fewer than half of nurses working in the senior housing and care sector feel “psychologically safe” in their workspace.
That’s according to a new survey from Kare, a digital labor marketplace for post-acute and senior living operators. The report, released this week in collaboration with the National Association of Health Care Assistants (NAHCA), is the second installment of a three-part “Trauma and Resilience” analysis from Kare.
The findings come from a survey of 1,142 long-term care professionals, who were asked about their personal and workplace well-being. Registered nurses regularly reported differences about workplace wellbeing compared to other frontline staff, citing they felt unsafe, a lack of community and not being able to be their authentic self at work.
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