Kauai Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Kauai Care Center is a 53-bed for-profit nursing home in Waimea, Hawaii, part of Regency Pacific Management. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.76 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% below the Hawaii average of 2.88, and 45.5% nursing staff turnover (Hawaii average 36.4%).
Kauai Care Center
9611 Waena RoadWaimea, HI 96796
Kauai 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 Kauai Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.76 hours per resident per day, 4% below the Hawaii average. With about 47 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 13% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Hawaii avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.76 | 2.88 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.62 | 0.34 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.66 | 1.75 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.03 | 4.97 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.52 | 4.41 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
45.5% of nursing staff at Kauai Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Hawaii average of 36.4% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 16.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 5, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 10 health deficiencies (Hawaii average 10.0). 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. Kauai Care Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the Hawaii average is 3.6.
About Kauai Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Individual
- Chain: Regency Pacific Management, 27 homes
- Legal name: Kauai Care Center, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Aug 8, 2011
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Kauai Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital Waimea · SFF candidate | 0.2 | 20 | 2.73 | 4.85 | 9.5% | 2 | $34,588 |
| Hale Kupuna Heritage Home, LLC Koloa | 11.7 | 84 | 2.23 | 4.17 | 29.5% | 4 | $10,628 |
| Garden Isle Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Lihue | 19.3 | 110 | 2.30 | 4.09 | 31.5% | 5 | None |
| Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital Kapaa | 24.7 | 66 | 3.52 | 6.10 | 7.5% | 5 | 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.