WHISPERING PINES REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER
WHISPERING PINES REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER is a 90-bed nursing home in EAST HAVEN, Connecticut. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 1979-11-30. It averages 79.3 residents a day.
What harm was found in the violations cited at WHISPERING PINES REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER?
CMS lists 34 health-inspection deficiencies for WHISPERING PINES REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER since 2022-01-28, 27 of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is J; the most recent health inspection was 2026-03-17.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | J |
| 2026-03-17 | F0580, F0684 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | E |
| 2026-03-17 | F0810 | Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance. | D |
| 2026-03-17 | F0645, F0842 | PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | B |
| 2026-01-29 | F0600 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | D |
| 2025-02-26 | F0684 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D |
| 2025-01-08 | F0626 | Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy. | D |
| 2024-11-21 | F0580, F0689 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | D |
| 2024-05-16 | F0687 | Provide appropriate foot care. | E |
| 2024-05-16 | F0580, F0656, F0690, F0692, F0695, F0758, F0761 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. / Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. / Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. | D |
| 2024-05-16 | F0880 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | C |
| 2024-05-16 | F0644 | Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed. | B |
| 2024-04-03 | F0690 | Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. | D |
| 2024-03-14 | F0580, F0770 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents. | D |
| 2023-11-01 | F0609, F0684, F0689 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | D |
| 2022-01-28 | F0687 | Provide appropriate foot care. | E |
| 2022-01-28 | F0550, F0578, F0609, F0655, F0690 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. / Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted / Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. | D |
| 2022-01-28 | F0645 | PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities | B |
How is WHISPERING PINES REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER staffed relative to the CT average?
| Measure | This facility | CT average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 3.72367 | 3.73452 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 43.9 | 37.4 |
| Average number of residents per day | 79.3 | 103.1 |
Who owns WHISPERING PINES REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER?
WHISPERING PINES REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER is registered with CMS as For profit - Limited Liability company, operates under the legal business name WHISPERING PINES REHABILITATION AND NURSING CENTER LLC.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| 5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | BARTOLOTTA, MICHAEL, VITERITTI, LOUIS | since 08/12/2016 |
| W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE | BARTOLOTTA, MICHAEL, VITERITTI, LOUIS | since 01/31/2018 |
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