Whispering Creek: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Whispering Creek is a 35-bed government-run nursing home in Janesville, Minnesota. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.44 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 3% below the Minnesota average of 2.52, and 38.5% nursing staff turnover (Minnesota average 42.2%).
Whispering Creek
102 East North StreetJanesville, MN 56048
Waseca 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 Whispering Creek, nurse aides logged 2.44 hours per resident per day, 3% below the Minnesota average. With about 31 residents a day, that works out to roughly 74 aide hours a day, or about 9 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 19% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Minnesota avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.44 | 2.52 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.07 | 1.06 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.11 | 4.19 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.33 | 3.71 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
38.5% of nursing staff at Whispering Creek left over the year CMS measured, against a Minnesota average of 42.2% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 33.3%.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 27, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (Minnesota average 7.0). 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. Whispering Creek holds 5 of 5 overall; the Minnesota average is 3.2.
About Whispering Creek
- Ownership: Government - City
- Legal name: Janesville Nursing Home
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Feb 1, 1987
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Whispering Creek
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Lakeshore Rehabilitation Center LLC Waseca | 9.9 | 52 | 2.06 | 3.32 | 46.3% | 4 | None |
| Oaklawn Health Care, LLC Mankato | 14.1 | 60 | 1.89 | 3.79 | 66.3% | 2 | $41,357 |
| Laurels Peak Health Care, LLC Mankato | 14.9 | 60 | 2.30 | 3.93 | 43.0% | 3 | None |
| Pathstone Living Mankato | 16.1 | 69 | 2.92 | 4.92 | 44.9% | 2 | $120,546 |
| Hillcrest Health Care, LLC Mankato | 16.9 | 95 | 2.03 | 3.55 | 54.1% | 1 | $17,605 |
| Mapleton Community Home Mapleton | 18.6 | 59 | 2.91 | 4.13 | 17.6% | 5 | None |
| Central Health Care Center Le Center | 18.8 | 40 | 2.23 | 3.64 | 62.1% | 1 | None |
| New Richland Care Center New Richland · staffing data not validated | 19.1 | 45 | — | — | 79.3% | 1 | $79,694 |
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.