CCN 525551 · Fond Du Lac County, Wisconsin
Whispering Pines Nursing and Rehab, LLC
50 Wolverton Ave, Ripon, WI 54971
Whispering Pines Nursing and Rehab, LLC is a 50-bed for-profit nursing home in Ripon, Wisconsin, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1994. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 32.7 residents a day, about 65% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $6.5 million originally, at 6.03%, with $6.5 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in May 2060.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 50
- Average residents per day
- 32.7 (65.4% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Whispering Pines Nursing and Rehab, LLC
- Certified since
- Oct 1, 1994
- Chain or affiliated group
- Eden Senior Care (21 facilities, chain average 2.6 stars)
- Location
- Urban
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Wisconsin median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 2 of 5 | State spread: 70 at 1, 66 at 2, 59 at 3, 52 at 4, 74 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.11 | 4.02 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.86 | 0.93 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.72 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 39.5% | 46.2% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 65.4% | 75.1% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $12,649 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 12 (Apr 14, 2026) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Whispering Pines Nursing and Rehab, LLC meets that part today: 2 stars overall, 2 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifsics, ChannieIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 9% | 10/01/2018 |
| Polstein, MordechaiIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 19% | 10/01/2018 |
| Stesel, MaximIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 53% | 10/01/2018 |
| Mauer, DovieIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2018 |
| Polstein, MordechaiIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2018 |
| Rice, PamelaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2018 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2025 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: P0307 Stesel Whispering Pines Nursing and Rehab, 70 beds. Lender at endorsement: Dwight Capital LLC | $6,529,500 | Active: 6.03%, $6,453,867 balanceMatures May 1, 2060. Servicer: Dwight Capital LLC | 07522293 |
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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