Care providers being challenged by rising caregiver turnover
LONDON: Turnover rates for certified nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses and registered nurses in continuing care retirement communities have reached their highest points over the past decade in 2021, according to a new analysis of historical data from the Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service.
But the rates in nursing homes were still higher, HCS said.
Among the three positions in CCRCs, CNAs had the highest turnover rate in 2021, at 45.87%, but the rate was 51.38% in nursing homes, according to the 2021-2022 Continuing Care Retirement Community Salary & Benefits and Nursing Homes Salary & Benefits reports.
For LPNs, the 2021 turnover rate was 36.81% in CCRCs, compared with 37.67% for nursing homes. For RNs, the 2021 turnover rate was 40.45% in CCRCs, compared with 41.06% in nursing homes.
For CNAs, turnover was at its lowest point over the past decade in CCRCs in 2013, when the rate was 30.31%, and in nursing homes in 2014, when the rate was 30.15%.
In fact, 2014 marked the low point for turnover over the past decade for both LPNs and RNs in both CCRCs and nursing homes.
For LPNs, 2014 saw a turnover rate of 24.89% in CCRCs, but the rate was higher, 25.18%, in nursing homes.
For RNs, the 2014 turnover rate was 25.55% in CCRCs, but it was higher, 27.55%, in nursing homes.
