Vernon Health & Rehabilitation: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Vernon Health & Rehabilitation is a 71-bed nonprofit nursing home in Wabash, Indiana, part of Sterling Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.30 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 3% above the Indiana average of 2.23, and 61.3% nursing staff turnover (Indiana average 45.9%).
Vernon Health & Rehabilitation
1955 S Vernon StWabash, IN 46992
Wabash 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 Vernon Health & Rehabilitation, nurse aides logged 2.30 hours per resident per day, 3% above the Indiana average. With about 44 residents a day, that works out to roughly 102 aide hours a day, or about 13 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 | Indiana avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.30 | 2.23 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.85 | 0.78 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.11 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.26 | 3.68 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.70 | 3.24 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
61.3% of nursing staff at Vernon Health & Rehabilitation left over the year CMS measured, against a Indiana average of 45.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 53.8%. 2 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 19, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 health deficiencies (Indiana average 7.2). 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. Vernon Health & Rehabilitation holds 3 of 5 overall; the Indiana average is 3.1.
About Vernon Health & Rehabilitation
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Chain: Sterling Healthcare, 5 homes
- Legal name: Putnam County Hospital
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 12, 2013
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Vernon Health & Rehabilitation
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Autumn Ridge Rehabilitation Centre Wabash | 2.0 | 75 | 2.25 | 3.59 | 50.0% | 4 | None |
| Waters of Wabash Skilled Nursing Facility West Wabash | 2.8 | 44 | 2.16 | 3.53 | 28.1% | 4 | None |
| Wellbrooke of Wabash Wabash | 2.8 | 70 | 2.43 | 4.10 | 31.7% | 4 | None |
| Waters of Wabash Skilled Nursing Facility East the Wabash | 2.9 | 84 | 2.16 | 3.32 | 30.2% | 1 | None |
| Rolling Meadows Health Care Center La Fontaine | 8.8 | 115 | 2.30 | 3.72 | 44.4% | 5 | None |
| Hickory Creek at Peru Peru | 13.5 | 36 | 1.87 | 3.58 | 61.3% | 4 | None |
| The Waters of Peru Skilled Nursing Facility Peru | 13.5 | 130 | 1.80 | 3.40 | 35.9% | 4 | None |
| Blair Ridge Health Campus Peru | 14.5 | 55 | 2.37 | 4.25 | 30.6% | 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.