Alpine Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Alpine Healthcare Center is a 85-bed for-profit nursing home in Keene, New Hampshire. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.15 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 8% below the New Hampshire average of 2.34, and 47.8% nursing staff turnover (New Hampshire average 44.1%).
Alpine Healthcare Center
298 Main StreetKeene, NH 03431
Cheshire County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Alpine Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.15 hours per resident per day, 8% below the New Hampshire average. With about 75 residents a day, that works out to roughly 161 aide hours a day, or about 20 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 10% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New Hampshire avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.15 | 2.34 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.64 | 0.78 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.36 | 0.78 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.14 | 3.90 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.82 | 3.47 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
47.8% of nursing staff at Alpine Healthcare Center left over the year CMS measured, against a New Hampshire average of 44.1% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 50.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jun 13, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 11 health deficiencies (New Hampshire average 3.9). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Alpine Healthcare Center holds 1 of 5 overall; the New Hampshire average is 3.1.
About Alpine Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Peak Healthcare at Keene LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Apr 1, 1996
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Alpine Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Langdon Place of Keene Keene | 1.0 | 25 | 2.34 | 5.26 | 26.5% | 5 | None |
| Keene Center, Genesis Healthcare Keene | 2.1 | 106 | 1.90 | 3.33 | 33.8% | 3 | None |
| Covenant Living of Keene Keene | 4.2 | 20 | 2.64 | 5.32 | 46.9% | 4 | None |
| Cheshire County Home Westmoreland | 10.1 | 150 | 2.84 | 4.49 | 36.1% | 4 | None |
| Applewood Center Winchester | 12.5 | 72 | 1.87 | 3.53 | 35.8% | 5 | None |
| Pine Heights at Brattleboro Center for Nursing & R Brattleboro | 15.6 | 80 | 2.24 | 3.75 | 35.5% | 5 | None |
| Thompson House Nursing Home Brattleboro · SFF candidate | 15.7 | 43 | 2.95 | 4.95 | 56.1% | 1 | $112,499 |
| Jaffrey Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Jaffrey | 15.9 | 83 | 2.07 | 3.41 | 39.7% | 1 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.