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St Elizabeth Ft Thomas SNF

85 North Grand Avenue, Fort Thomas, KY 41075 · 20 beds · Non profit - Corporation

Nothing in the records stands out as a warning sign. The detail below is still worth reading before you decide.

Everything here comes from Medicare's own inspection and payroll records. We don't rank facilities or take payment from them.

Medicare overall rating
★★★★
Above average · 4 of 5
All nursing staff, hours / resident
RNs, LPNs and aides · state average 3.69
Weekend RN coverage
not reported
Staff turnover
state average 46%
No citations involving resident harm
Findings over the past three years were all at levels where inspectors recorded no actual harm.

These are drawn straight from Medicare's records. We report what the record says — we don't rate facilities or judge the care given in them.

Who's actually on the floor

Staffing is the thing most closely tied to day-to-day quality of care, and it's the number families most often never see. This is registered nurses only — a smaller figure than the all-staff total above, because it counts the most highly qualified staff on their own — per resident, per day, comparing an average weekday against an average weekend.

Weekdays
Weekends
KY average
0.73 hrs

Registered nurses only — hours per resident per day. Longer is better.

Weekend staffing is not reported here.

Staff turnover: not reported

High turnover matters because continuity does — a nurse who knows your mother notices when something is different about her. Someone on their second shift doesn't have that baseline.

What inspectors found

State inspectors visit at least once a year and after complaints. Over the last three years this facility received 1 citations. Raw counts mislead, though — a paperwork slip and a resident being harmed both count as one. Here they are by how serious inspectors judged them.

SeverityCitations
Potential for harm
No one harmed yet, but conditions could allow it
1
No harm
Rule and paperwork findings
0

0 of these came from someone filing a complaint rather than a routine visit — worth weighing differently, because it means a person picked up the phone. All findings are recorded as corrected.

Disclosed affiliations

Medicare requires every facility to disclose the people and companies connected to it. Most names below are not owners — they are officers, directors, managers, trustees, and what Medicare calls “additional disclosable parties.” The role beside each name is the one Medicare recorded. This is worth reading because operators tend to run their facilities alike: where the same group stands behind a dozen homes, the record across all twelve tells you more than any single inspection does.

NameRole recorded by MedicareSince
Neff, Judith Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/01/2017
Buxton, Sylvia Corporate director 01/01/2024
Colvin, Garren Corporate director, Corporate officer 10/28/2008
Frey, Lisa Corporate officer 01/01/2019
Hall, Vera Corporate officer 01/01/2024
Haught, Derek Corporate director 01/01/2025
Hawkins, John Corporate director 01/01/2023
Jackman, Jason Corporate director 01/01/2019
Jones, Michael Corporate director 01/01/2023
Knochelmann, Kris Corporate director 01/01/2021
Koester, Joseph Corporate director 01/01/2020
Ladenburger, Marsha Corporate director 01/01/2021
Moorhead, Robert Corporate director 01/01/2021
Nelson, Kristi Corporate director 01/01/2022
Price, Donald Corporate director 01/01/2024
Ritchey-Baldwin, Lori Corporate officer 01/01/2014
Schaeffer, Andrew Corporate director 01/01/2019
Schroer, Jeanne Corporate director 01/01/2023
Stevens, Robert Corporate director 01/01/2022
Sweeney, Jackie Corporate director 01/01/2019
St Elizabeth Medical Center, INC Additional disclosable party 12/31/2024
Thompson, Amy Additional disclosable party 12/10/2014

Of the 22 parties disclosed here, 0 hold an ownership interest; the rest are recorded in a management, officer, financial, or other disclosable capacity. A percentage is shown only where Medicare published one — for most disclosed parties it publishes none.

Other options nearby

Most families are choosing between whatever is close enough to visit often — and visiting often is itself one of the better protections a resident has. These are the closest 8 facilities.

FacilityMilesRating Nurse hrsWeekend
Highlandspring of Ft Thomas
Fort Thomas
0.4 3 0.66 −14%
Carmel Manor
Fort Thomas
1.7 1 0.73 −36%
The Pavilion at Kenton
Covington
2.0 1 0.54 −9%
Rosedale Green
Covington
3.0 2 0.26 −52%
Carecore at Margaret Hall
Cincinnati
3.6 2 0.46 −64%
Lincoln Crawford Care Center
Cincinnati
3.8 3 0.63 −36%
Beechwood Home for Incurables
Cincinnati
3.9 5 0.70 −20%
Residence at Salem Woods
Cincinnati
4.0 5 0.46 −16%

Weekend column shows the change in registered-nurse coverage at weekends compared with weekdays.

Worth asking on a visit

Records only tell you so much. These are the questions this facility's particular numbers suggest you ask — go on a weekend if you possibly can.

  1. Who will actually be caring for my relative at 3am on a Saturday — an agency nurse or someone on staff?

Where these numbers come from

All figures are published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Different measures cover different periods — some are considerably older than others, so each is dated separately below rather than under one "last updated" stamp.

Staffing hours
Jan–Mar 2026
Staff turnover
calendar year 2025
Inspections & citations
Jul 2023 – Jun 2026
Fines & penalties
last 3 years
Ownership
as reported to Medicare
Star rating & file release
CMS file dated 1 July 2026

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