Cottingham Retirement Community: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Cottingham Retirement Community is a 60-bed for-profit nursing home in Cincinnati, Ohio, part of Lionstone Care. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.63 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 22% below the Ohio average of 2.09, and 47.7% nursing staff turnover (Ohio average 48.7%).
Cottingham Retirement Community
3995 Cottingham DriveCincinnati, OH 45241
Hamilton 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 Cottingham Retirement Community, nurse aides logged 1.63 hours per resident per day, 22% below the Ohio average. With about 57 residents a day, that works out to roughly 93 aide hours a day, or about 12 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Ohio avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.63 | 2.09 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.75 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.61 | 0.64 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 2.99 | 3.69 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.71 | 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
47.7% of nursing staff at Cottingham Retirement Community left over the year CMS measured, against a Ohio average of 48.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 16.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 12, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 11 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. Cottingham Retirement Community holds 3 of 5 overall; the Ohio average is 3.2.
About Cottingham Retirement Community
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Lionstone Care, 24 homes
- Legal name: Cottingham Operations LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Feb 22, 1985
- Part of a continuing care retirement community
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Cottingham Retirement Community
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Brookwood Care Center Cincinnati | 1.2 | 125 | 1.93 | 4.20 | 53.4% | 4 | $28,517 |
| Advanced Health Care of Cincinnati Cincinnati | 3.0 | 46 | 2.40 | 4.47 | 63.8% | 3 | None |
| Meadowbrook Care Center Cincinnati | 3.8 | 146 | 2.06 | 3.85 | — | 1 | None |
| Chesterwood Atc West Chester | 4.2 | 125 | 2.38 | 4.21 | 56.3% | 5 | None |
| Glendale Place Care Center Cincinnati | 4.4 | 122 | 2.26 | 3.58 | 61.9% | 4 | None |
| Majestic Care of Cedar Village. Mason | 4.4 | 162 | 1.79 | 3.19 | 48.9% | 2 | $62,205 |
| Blue Ash Health & Rehab Cincinnati | 4.6 | 64 | 2.08 | 3.48 | 70.4% | 1 | None |
| MCV Health Care Facilities, Inc Mason | 4.7 | 73 | 3.08 | 5.60 | 29.3% | 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.