It’s no secret that senior living communities have been hit with some major staffing challenges this year. Modern candidates have different goals in mind than the previous generation of workers, desiring companies that offer higher wages and an environment that caters to their personal happiness. 

While operators have raised wages and adjusted their recruiting practices to remain competitive in this fast-changing market, there is one sure-fire way communities can entice industry newcomers and seasoned care workers to come their way: New. Tech.

Technology can alleviate pressure on staff for day-to-day duties as well as improve the resident experience, making life easier for staff overall.

Let’s look at a few ways disruptive tech can attract more talent to your community.

Optimizing Staff Time with Better Workflows

As community staff’s workload increases, efficient workflows can be hard to maintain. Simply completing all necessary tasks is challenging enough. 

This is where new technology can save the day, helping relieve staff of major headaches and burnout. 

Caavo’s two-way communication ability makes mundane tasks like daily manual resident check-ins and print out dining menu updates a thing of the past! Caavo automates these processes so staff only need to check their online dashboard to potentially follow up with residents who didn’t check in or to update the dining menu for the month. 

Even communicating with residents one-on-one is a breeze as staff can send a message to a resident’s TV (ie. “You said you need maintenance in your apartment. How can we help?”) and quickly understand if anything is needed, without breaking a sweat from running around the community.

Imagine in pre-Caavo times, staff would have to print out community announcements and event updates (or worse, use a disruptive intercom) to alert residents of any relevant news. Save paper and retire that dusty intercom system with Caavo’s reminders and announcements that are easily created by staff and sent out to each resident’s television! And staff can be sure residents received the announcement as it pops up on their TV screen, even if their TV was initially off.

Seamless processes and top-notch resident communication … who wouldn’t want to work in a community with that in place?

Entice New Hires & Industry Veterans with a Stellar Work Environment 

Showing candidates how your community fosters a positive work environment can be a major deciding factor when talent is looking to join a new team.

Recent graduates wondering if they should work for a senior community may be worried about work-life balance and the overall stress of the job. That’s where the power of modernized senior living tech, like Caavo, comes in! 

If candidates heard how your community used Caavo to streamline staff processes and allow residents to maintain more autonomy, it could skyrocket their interest and ease any workplace fears they may have. Telling them how Caavo allows residents to easily watch their favorite TV with a voice-controlled remote and even allows them to video chat with family members through the TV! Staff won’t have to worry about troubleshooting TV troubles or struggling with a new tablet to get FaceTime to start for a resident. 

Caavo’s Remote-Remote feature, which is a virtual remote to control a resident’s TV, allows staff members of any level to remotely assist with any minor TV request. We’re sure many care workers never dreamed of hearing the words “remote” in any conversation about senior living care, but Caavo makes it possible! 

In some communities, staff is even driving across town on their time off to help residents change the channel or start the football game. Luckily, with Caavo, that’s a thing of the past.

What Staff Really Want: Less Paperwork

Paperwork isn’t exactly the exciting part of a job for any working professional, especially senior living staff who already have so much on their plate. For talent looking to enter the industry, managing documentation for compliance is definitely a less exciting part of the job and may even seem quite daunting!

Communities that want to give their staff a bit of a break and show new team members that they’re joining a trailblazing team can look to Caavo. By automating requirements like daily morning check-ins, staff can forego traditional manual methods of checking in and recording responses. 

Caavo’s Care Checks pop up on every resident’s TV screen and require each resident to press a button on their remote to acknowledge the message. Once a resident responds or doesn’t respond, it will be automatically generated into a report and saved as a document! Staff will no longer have to fear wrongly recording a resident response or even accidentally skipping over a resident. And with the paperwork already done, they can focus more on hands-on caregiving tasks! 

If you want to learn more about Caavo and see how it can benefit your team and residents, set up a demo with the team!