Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is a 90-bed for-profit nursing home in East Haven, Connecticut. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.33 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 5% above the Connecticut average of 2.22, and 43.9% nursing staff turnover (Connecticut average 37.4%).
Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
38 Talmadge AvenueEast Haven, CT 06512
South Central Ct 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 Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, nurse aides logged 2.33 hours per resident per day, 5% above the Connecticut average. With about 79 residents a day, that works out to roughly 184 aide hours a day, or about 23 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 6% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Connecticut avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.33 | 2.22 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.97 | 0.82 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.42 | 0.69 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.72 | 3.73 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.51 | 3.37 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
43.9% of nursing staff at Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Connecticut average of 37.4% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 45.5%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 17, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 health deficiencies (Connecticut average 13.4). 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 Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the Connecticut average is 3.0.
About Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 30, 1979
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Whispering Pines Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
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| Ark Healthcare & Rehabilitation at Branford Hills Branford | 0.9 | 190 | 2.34 | 3.75 | 54.0% | 2 | $8,021 |
| Apple Rehab Laurel Woods East Haven | 2.0 | 120 | 2.09 | 3.56 | 39.8% | 2 | $64,555 |
| New Haven Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation LLC New Haven · abuse citation | 3.3 | 150 | 2.43 | 4.04 | 27.6% | 1 | $61,814 |
| Mary Wade Home New Haven · abuse citation | 3.7 | 45 | 2.76 | 4.76 | 51.8% | 1 | $20,144 |
| Apple Rehab West Haven West Haven | 4.5 | 90 | 2.10 | 3.47 | 24.7% | 1 | $26,685 |
| Leeway, Inc New Haven · many days without an RN | 4.7 | 30 | 0.22 | 0.29 | 100.0% | 4 | None |
| Advanced Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation New Haven · abuse citation | 4.7 | 226 | 2.45 | 3.78 | 34.4% | 1 | $72,450 |
| Grimes Center New Haven | 5.1 | 114 | 1.74 | 3.72 | 23.2% | 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.