Built exclusively for assisted living

Happy employees.
Better care.

Turnover is the most expensive, and most solvable, problem in assisted living. Guiding Growth solves it at the source with all-staff training, support, and culture, for every role from clinical to dietary, housekeeping to the front desk.

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Assisted living staff training and culture platform by Guiding Growth
A Utah Assisted Living Association partner.
Three levels, in that order, by design

Our Framework.

People don't leave because they're untrained. They leave because they're unsupported. Compliance is the floor. What keeps your whole team, clinical and support staff alike, is belonging, recognition, and growth.

Level 1

Compliance

Core competency & onboarding

A general orientation that gets new hires floor-ready, the printed all-staff Core Competency Workbook, monthly in-service training, 30-day and annual attestation, and AI assistants for the job, wellness, and leadership.

Level 2

Connection

Ongoing engagement & culture

Monthly all-staff meeting guides that walk leadership through exactly what a great all-staff meeting looks like, facility-wide activity outlines with participation guides, a 16-course personal resiliency curriculum, and a 30-second daily wellness check-in with trend reporting.

Level 3

Culture

Clinical & leadership development

CEU-supportive RN/LPN content, the COACH check-in and review framework, leadership development for EDs, DONs, and charge nurses, and post-survey corrective support.

Compliance handled. Culture built. People who stay.

What you get.

All-staff onboarding and core competencies built specifically for assisted living, for every role in the building, with the documentation surveyors look for generated automatically as your team completes it.

Meets the standard

  • State-approved orientation before working independently
  • Resident rights, abuse & neglect reporting
  • Dementia care, facility policies, safety
  • Medication self-administration assistance

Documented for survey

  • Signed 30-day and annual attestation records
  • Dated employee tied to named competency
  • Any record retrievable in under 5 minutes
  • All-staff workbooks for the printed trail

Keeps your people

  • Live Care Center support on the hard days
  • Monthly all-staff meeting guides
  • 30-second daily wellness check-ins
  • 16-course personal resiliency curriculum
Guiding Growth mobile app shown on a phone held in an assisted living employee's hand

Guiding Growth is uniquely positioned to support long-term care organizations in meeting state-required competencies while simultaneously strengthening workplace culture, improving staff retention, and elevating the quality of resident care.

Bethanny TaylorMSN, MHA, RN · Nurse Leader
The materials that make it real

Our Tools.

The Core Competency Workbook

Your facility's all-staff training program, built around twelve state-aligned competencies. Every role. Every year. Fully documented for survey.

  • Twelve competencies covering ethics, HIPAA, resident rights, abuse prevention, dementia care, safety, ADLs, care plans, infection control, emergency preparedness, and more
  • Discussion prompts, skills examples, and knowledge verification for every competency
  • 30-day and annual attestation for every staff member
  • Designed to be used on the floor, not filed away
The printed Core Competency Workbook for assisted living staff

The app

Training and support in every employee's pocket, whatever their role. Built mobile-first for a workforce that isn't sitting at a desk.

  • General orientation that gets new hires floor-ready and confident in their role
  • Monthly in-service training to keep your whole team current
  • Live Care Center support by text or call on the hard days, staffed by Mental Health First Aid trained care connectors who help get callers back to regulation
  • Context-aware AI assistants for the job, wellness, and leadership, available 24/7
  • 30-second daily wellness check-in with trend reporting that flags strain early
  • 16-course personal resiliency curriculum
  • Works for every role, from clinical to dietary to housekeeping
Guiding Growth mobile app screens for assisted living employees

Employee engagement tools

The pieces that turn a compliant facility into a place people want to stay. Designed to reach your entire team, not just the clinical floor.

For every new hire in their first 30 days:
  • 30-day onboarding checklist with clear milestones
  • Welcome scavenger hunt to meet leadership, team, and facility
  • About Me page that captures what makes each person feel recognized
  • Journal page for reflection through their first month
For your ongoing team:
  • Monthly all-staff meeting guides with a walkthrough of what a great all-staff meeting looks like
  • Facility-wide activity outlines with participation guides, including fire drills and other required events
Employee engagement and onboarding tools for assisted living teams

For the leaders of assisted living groups.

Whether you operate five facilities or fifty, Guiding Growth gives you one consistent standard across your entire portfolio. Same orientation. Same compliance documentation. Same culture-building tools. In every building, on day one and year ten. You know what's happening across your portfolio without visiting every site.

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Let's talk.

Tell us about your facilities and we'll show you exactly how Guiding Growth fits, on your terms, in one conversation.