Whispering Hills Rehabilitation and Nursing Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Whispering Hills Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is a 44-bed for-profit nursing home in Mount Vernon, Ohio, part of Garden Healthcare Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.62 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 23% below the Ohio average of 2.09, and 47.1% nursing staff turnover (Ohio average 48.7%).
Whispering Hills Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
416 Wooster RoadMount Vernon, OH 43050
Knox 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 Hills Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, nurse aides logged 1.62 hours per resident per day, 23% below the Ohio average. With about 40 residents a day, that works out to roughly 64 aide hours a day, or about 8 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 7% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Ohio avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.62 | 2.09 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.76 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.59 | 0.64 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 2.97 | 3.69 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.76 | 3.28 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
47.1% of nursing staff at Whispering Hills Rehabilitation and Nursing Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Ohio average of 48.7% and a US average of 45.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 19, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 9 health deficiencies (Ohio average 10.7). 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 Hills Rehabilitation and Nursing Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the Ohio average is 3.2.
About Whispering Hills Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Garden Healthcare Group, 6 homes
- Legal name: Whispering Hills Care Center LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 1, 1995
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Whispering Hills Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Laurels of Mt Vernon the Mount Vernon | 0.6 | 99 | 2.11 | 3.87 | 53.1% | 2 | None |
| Country Court Mount Vernon | 1.3 | 84 | 2.20 | 3.53 | 36.6% | 2 | $15,593 |
| Country Club Retirement Center Mount Vernon · abuse citation | 1.4 | 76 | 1.97 | 3.38 | 45.5% | 2 | None |
| Als Mount Vernon Inc Mount Vernon | 1.5 | 20 | 1.60 | 3.17 | 70.4% | 3 | None |
| Ohio Eastern Star Hlth Care Ctr the Mount Vernon · no staffing data submitted | 2.0 | 86 | — | — | — | 2 | None |
| Morrow Manor Nursing Center Chesterville · many days without an RN | 12.1 | 46 | 2.84 | 4.36 | 55.9% | 3 | None |
| Centerburg Pointe Centerburg | 13.2 | 76 | 2.03 | 3.84 | 47.4% | 3 | None |
| Country Meadow Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Bellville | 16.5 | 48 | 1.87 | 3.07 | 41.5% | 2 | 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.