Baby Boomers.
As this generation gracefully ages into their golden years, they are expected to have a massive impact on the senior care industry. Some experts believe they will bump the number of those needing senior care to 2.3 million by 2030 – an increase of 75% from current figures.
While that’s good news for those providing seniors with outstanding care, it also has the potential to bring serious staffing concerns. Many senior living communities are already thinly staffed, often resulting in high turnover and increased overtime costs.
The projected influx of Baby Boomers will likely escalate this burden on staffing. One company has forecasted that the industry will need to fill spots for 1.4 million workers before 2025.
Struggles of Constantly Understaffed Facilities
While the average turnover rate for senior living facilities is 35%, some locations claim to work with a rate between 70-80%. This kind of turnover regularly costs a facility hundreds of thousands of dollars per year and leaves senior living communities chronically understaffed. This can force facility managers to frequently look for ways to do more with less.
Proper equipment, however, creates a more manageable workload, efficient kitchen space and the ability to overcome obstacles that come with understaffed facilities. These resources help managers reallocate labor, especially in the kitchen.
By doing so, managers can better plan how to optimize limited kitchen staff for a schedule that may require three meals per day, seven days per week, while ensuring residents are well cared for and satisfaction rates remain high.
This keeps workers happy, efficient and creating a high-quality dining experience for those in your facility’s care.
Proper Equipment Can Do Wonders for Hard-Working Staff
Morale can dip when employees are tasked with time-consuming and labor-intensive jobs like hand-scrubbing pots, pans and other cooking equipment. Add produce washing to a mountain of dirty pots and pans, and you can start to see how frustrating it can be when there are still other meal service tasks that must be addressed.
We have a pair of products – Power Soak to clean dirty kitchenware and Power Prep to wash produce – that make life easier. Power Soak and Power Prep allow workers to handle other pressing matters to keep up with the high demand of top-quality senior care, whether that’s delivering fresh food, keeping the kitchen clean and sparkling, or meal prepping for the next shift.
You can balance your kitchen’s labor needs – and costs – more efficiently by introducing labor-saving tools that are proven to boost productivity, reduce overtime, and most importantly, give your staff the time they need to ensure residents enjoy a healthy and happy dining experience.
Keeping Things Clean
While your kitchen staff spin several plates at once (pun intended) Power Soak and Power Prep address one of the biggest responsibilities for senior care kitchens.
This equipment was designed to help busy foodservice workers keep kitchen wares and produce clean and dangerous bacteria out of the kitchen.
We know those who serve the elderly and persons with weakened immune systems take considerable care adhering to the sanitary requirements necessary for preventing the spread of dangerous foodborne pathogens.
Using a winning combination of rotating wash water, heat, and detergent, the Power Soak Intro delivers consistently clean results with improved sanitation that reduces manual labor and maximizes workforce efficiency. Power Prep Intro’s free-flowing wash action, combined with an antimicrobial wash, provides optimum removal of debris and bacteria from fruits and vegetables to support clean, sanitized produce while also increasing shelf life.
