Jennifer Robinson, President, SanStone Health & Rehabilitation

The 47th episode of our podcast, Rethink, is now available. With an eye to the future, SanStone Health & Rehabilitation is embarking down two different but parallel paths toward bolstering its workforce. The first is a focus on internal growth and the creation of succession plans for SanStone employees. That planning led Jennifer Robinson to the role she is in today as company president. The second is a focus on getting young people introduced to the skilled nursing sector as soon as possible — such as opening up summer internships for teenagers. It’s fundamental, according to Robinson, to get the state’s youth comfortable in a skilled nursing setting, and opening the facility doors for that type of exposure is a good start. Not unlike many other states across the country, North Carolina is expected to see a 116% increase in its population of individuals 85 and older. What can be done today can shape the workforce for the next 10 to 20 years, Robinson said. In this episode of Rethink, learn: • How SanStone is managing the industry-wide staffing crisis • What the operator has done to become a quality referral partner for hospitals • How SanStone has implemented a "ground up" operating mentality