AHCA/NCAL LTC Workforce Webinar Series

Workforce
 
Published:July 24, 2025
​​​​​​​​Building and retaining a strong workforce remains one of the greatest challenges and priorities for long term care providers. The LTC Workforce Webinar Series has continued this year in support of AHCA/NCAL’s The Better Way policy agenda, to provide you with real-world strategies and practical insights. 

Whether you’re looking to strengthen recruitment, improve retention, or explore long term solutions to staffing shortages, these webinars offer insightful and expert-led guidance. You’ll walk away with actionable tools you can bring back to your organization. 

Led by provider members, AHCA/NCAL Workforce Committee members, AHCA/NCAL state affiliate staff, and other industry experts, this nine-part series, with more to come in 2026, explores both recruitment and retention best practices to help you strengthen your workforce. 

Addressing Key Workforce Development Priority Issues 
  1. ​Interested in an Apprenticeship Partnership?: Learn from Michelle Day, the National Workforce Solutions Director at Equus, on how you can establish an apprenticeship partnership as an LTC provider.  
  2. Building the Path: Creating Careers in Long Term Care: Explore how three organizations have developed internal career ladders to recruit and retain staff.  
  3. Refugee Workforce Partnerships in Long Term Care: Discover how LTC providers are partnering with organizations to recruit and integrate refugees into their workforce.  
  4. Career Upskilling: Creating Opportunities to Level Up​: Get tips on designing upskilling programs that support employee development and long-term retention.  
  5. ​Key Strategies for Retaining Your LTC Workforce: Learn proven retention strategies and ideas to help maintain your workforce, avoid high turnover, and improve quality.  
  6. Building Employee Resiliency through Person-Centered Approaches: Explore how mindfulness and yoga-based stress programs can improve staff resiliency, mental health, and wellness.  
  7. Why Registered Apprenticeship? How It CAN Help Build Your LTC Workforce​: Robert Vande Merwe (Idaho Health Care Association) and Erin Hart (Ohio Health Care Association) share why their associations became Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP) sponsors and how it supports workforce growth.  

Upcoming Webinars  
The series continues through 2025 with two upcoming sessions designed to inspire the next generation of LTC professionals. In this two-part series, you’ll learn how to connect with youth, develop mentorship pathways, and promote rewarding careers in LTC.   

Stay tuned for more details on the 2026 webinars.  

How to Attend 
All webinars are FREE for AHCA/NCAL members. Recordings of past sessions are available to members who register. To sign up for upcoming webinars or access the archive, visit LTC Workforce Webinar Series.  

Please contact educate@ahca​.org​ with questions.