Sapphire Nursing At Wappingers: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Sapphire Nursing At Wappingers is a 62-bed for-profit nursing home in Wappingers Falls, New York, part of Sapphire Care Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.61 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 25% below the New York average of 2.15, and 55.9% nursing staff turnover (New York average 40.3%).
Sapphire Nursing At Wappingers
37 Mesier AvenueWappingers Falls, NY 12590
Dutchess 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 Sapphire Nursing At Wappingers, nurse aides logged 1.61 hours per resident per day, 25% below the New York average. With about 57 residents a day, that works out to roughly 92 aide hours a day, or about 11 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 21% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New York avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.61 | 2.15 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.81 | 0.76 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.81 | 0.71 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.24 | 3.62 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.57 | 3.18 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
55.9% of nursing staff at Sapphire Nursing At Wappingers left over the year CMS measured, against a New York average of 40.3% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 44.4%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 17, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 19 health deficiencies (New York average 8.0). 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. Sapphire Nursing At Wappingers holds 2 of 5 overall; the New York average is 3.0.
About Sapphire Nursing At Wappingers
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Sapphire Care Group, 8 homes
- Legal name: Sapphire Nursing at Wappingers LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 5, 1971
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Sapphire Nursing At Wappingers
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Taconic Rehabilitation And Nursing At Hopewell Fishkill | 4.5 | 160 | 2.18 | 3.90 | 49.7% | 3 | None |
| Fishkill Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Beacon | 6.3 | 160 | 1.94 | 3.43 | 37.8% | 2 | $44,500 |
| The Pines at Poughkeepsie Ctr for Nursing & Rehab Poughkeepsie | 6.6 | 200 | 1.96 | 3.53 | 23.3% | 4 | None |
| Taconic Rehabilitation And Nursing At Beacon Beacon | 6.6 | 160 | 2.12 | 3.72 | 36.4% | 4 | None |
| The Grand Rehabilitation And Nrsg At River Valley Poughkeepsie | 7.3 | 160 | 1.91 | 3.16 | 24.6% | 2 | None |
| Hudson Valley Rehabilitation & Extended Care Ctr Highland | 7.9 | 203 | 1.91 | 3.39 | 47.2% | 1 | None |
| Lutheran Center At Poughkeepsie Inc Poughkeepsie | 8.0 | 160 | 2.36 | 4.06 | 31.9% | 3 | None |
| Taconic Rehabilitation And Nursing At Ulster Highland | 9.3 | 120 | 2.22 | 4.11 | 44.8% | 2 | $12,948 |
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.