Staff scheduling for long-term care

Cut overtime by up to 40% and fill open shifts before the shift starts

Shift Elevate is healthcare shift scheduling for assisted living and memory care: facility-scoped rosters, SMS-aware workflows, and templates you can roll forward every week.

  • Facility-scoped
  • SMS reminders
  • Easy staff onboarding
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Many operators report up to about 40% overtime reduction and faster open-shift fill; results vary by facility.

Facilities using Shift Elevate today

These communities run scheduling on Shift Elevate. We add more named references only with written permission.

  • Valencia at Cottonwood HeightsA senior living community

Also serves

  • Assisted living
  • Memory care
  • Multi-building groups
  • Regional operators
New feature

Operate at optimal performance — building by building

Turning spreadsheets into intelligent scheduling

Your first step toward a smarter schedule.

Resident Care Hour Performance compares staffed hours to daily goals you configure per building—so directors and schedulers spot under- and over-staffing before shift change, using your census and internal care-hour metrics.

  • Building-level care-hour goals

    Set per-day or per-shift targets from census and your internal metrics—not generic benchmarks.

  • Live schedule performance

    See capacity, average staffed hours, and daily staffing vs goal on the week view—amber, green, or red at a glance.

  • Scheduler guardrails

    Get a clear warning before an assignment pushes a building over its daily target—acknowledge when you mean to go over.

Weekly schedule showing capacity, average staffed hours per day, and daily staffing metrics against goals.

Optional facility gate—turn performance metrics off if your community does not use care-hour goals.

The scheduling burden in AL & memory care

Directors juggle call-outs, labor budgets, and survey-ready documentation—often with tools that were never built for multi-building long-term care.

  • Manual scheduling & last-minute chaos

    Whiteboards, spreadsheets, and side threads make it hard to see who is actually on the floor—or who is about to burn out.

  • Overtime & agency spend

    Every unfilled slot nudges payroll and temp labor. Without a clear week view, overtime creeps in before anyone can intervene.

  • Staffing shortages & turnover pressure

    Thin benches and missed preferences push the same caregivers into consecutive hard shifts—then out the door.

  • Compliance & communication stress

    Opt-in trails, schedule changes, and audit questions pile up when messaging lives outside a controlled system.

Here's how Shift Elevate helps

One facility-scoped schedule, clear coverage rules, and SMS-aware workflows—so you spend less time firefighting and more time supporting residents and staff.

How Shift Elevate solves it

Facility-scoped schedules and buildings keep rosters accurate. Staff preferences and time off flow into assignment decisions. SMS and email run through opt-in aware paths—and templates plus configuration mean your team is not waiting on IT for every schedule change.

Core capabilities span both plans; items labeled Pro require Pro—see pricing.

Resident care hour performance

Set building-level care-hour goals from census, see daily staffing vs target on the schedule, and get scheduler warnings before over-staffing a day.

Facility & building–scoped scheduling

Organize shifts by facility and building so multi-campus AL and secure memory care wings stay cleanly separated.

Staff profiles & preferences

Roster, roles, time off, and preferences help schedulers respect caregiver availability in a tight labor market.

Assignments, open shifts & coverage

Weekly schedule, open shifts, pickup, and swap workflows help fill holes faster and reduce last-minute scrambles.

Pro

SMS & email reminders

Transactional SMS and email keep staff informed. Scheduled reminders and related automation are available on Pro.

Easy configuration

Shift configuration and template builder let directors adjust patterns and roll forward consistent weeks without IT.

Secure onboarding & verification

Facility signup and email verification support a safer account lifecycle than spreadsheets and informal group texts.

Azure-powered hosting

API and frontend run on Azure for enterprise-style reliability—avoid promising specific SLAs unless published.

Go further with Pro

Pro adds deeper automation and communications—time-off policy controls, scheduled shift reminders, open shift SMS broadcast, admin messaging to staff, training shifts, split shifts, and a higher packaged staff cap (up to 60 staff in typical packaging).

  • Time-off policy controls
  • Scheduled shift reminders
  • Open shift SMS broadcast
  • Admin communications to staff
  • Training shifts
  • Split shifts

Benefits & outcomes

When coverage, preferences, and communication live in one place, operators see compounding gains in labor stability and director bandwidth.

Illustrative targets—results vary by facility.

Reference customers

  • Valencia at Cottonwood Heights

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Up to 30%

less overtime when schedules stay aligned with coverage rules.

Faster fill

for open shifts with pickup, swap, and Pro broadcast tools.

Less admin time

with templates, building-scoped views, and guided configuration.

Built for long-term care operators

Transactional SMS follows documented opt-in flows. We do not claim HIPAA certification or BAA status on this marketing page—see legal agreements for your environment.

Ready to elevate scheduling?

Create your facility online, review pricing, or sign in. Transparent plans today; a limited card-backed trial may be offered later.

Shift Elevate | Healthcare shift scheduling for assisted living & memory care