Dove Healthcare - Spooner: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Dove Healthcare - Spooner is a 50-bed for-profit nursing home in Spooner, Wisconsin, part of Dove Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 3.02 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 17% above the Wisconsin average of 2.58, and 71.4% nursing staff turnover (Wisconsin average 46.9%).
Dove Healthcare - Spooner
510 First StSpooner, WI 54801
Washburn 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 Dove Healthcare - Spooner, nurse aides logged 3.02 hours per resident per day, 17% above the Wisconsin average. With about 43 residents a day, that works out to roughly 129 aide hours a day, or about 16 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Wisconsin avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 3.02 | 2.58 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.93 | 0.99 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.63 | 4.21 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 4.01 | 3.77 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
71.4% of nursing staff at Dove Healthcare - Spooner left over the year CMS measured, against a Wisconsin average of 46.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 55.6%. 2 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 23, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 8 health deficiencies (Wisconsin average 9.5). 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. Dove Healthcare - Spooner holds 2 of 5 overall; the Wisconsin average is 3.0.
About Dove Healthcare - Spooner
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Dove Healthcare, 11 homes
- Legal name: Spooner Rehabilitation and Nursing Center LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 15, 2004
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Dove Healthcare - Spooner
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Shell Lake Health Care Center Shell Lake | 10.9 | 50 | 2.25 | 3.62 | 48.9% | 3 | None |
| Care and Rehab - Cumberland Cumberland | 21.3 | 50 | 3.08 | 4.56 | 33.3% | 3 | None |
| Dove Healthcare - Rice Lake Rice Lake | 22.7 | 50 | 3.05 | 4.48 | — | 5 | None |
| Heritage Lakeside Rice Lake · abuse citation | 23.0 | 50 | 3.08 | 5.18 | — | 1 | $115,181 |
| Hayward Health Services Hayward | 24.0 | 50 | 1.96 | 3.43 | 37.8% | 3 | $12,649 |
| Barron Care and Rehabilitation Barron · staffing data not validated | 28.9 | 50 | — | — | 42.1% | 1 | None |
| Frederic Nursing and Rehab Community Frederic | 30.1 | 60 | 2.09 | 3.14 | 51.0% | 3 | None |
| United Pioneer Home Luck | 33.2 | 50 | 3.42 | 4.87 | 45.0% | 4 | 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.