Cottingham Retirement Community
3995 Cottingham Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45241 · Hamilton County · 60 certified beds · avg 57 residents/day · certified since Feb 22, 1985
Part of chain: LIONSTONE CARE (24 facilities, chain avg rating 2.5★)
What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)
Health inspection rating: ★★☆☆☆2/5 · CMS overall rating: 3/5
The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and self-reported quality measures.
Most serious findings (actual harm or immediate jeopardy)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, one-off · Aug 19, 2022 · F-0580
The facility did not immediately notify the resident, their doctor, and a family member when something significant happened — such as an injury, a decline in health, or a room change. Families and doctors are entitled to know right away.
Why it matters: A family could learn about a serious injury or decline days later, after the chance to act has passed.
Severity (J): Inspectors found a situation that put a resident's life or safety in immediate danger, affecting one or a few residents. The facility must fix it immediately — these citations often come with large fines.
Corrected: Sep 7, 2022 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
All citations in the current public record (19)
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2026 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. |
| Feb 12, 2026 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide required paperwork or notices about a resident's needs, their right to appeal a transfer or discharge, or the facility's bed-hold policy (how long a bed is saved during a hospital stay). |
| Feb 12, 2026 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals. |
| Feb 12, 2026 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide safe and appropriate respiratory care — such as oxygen, breathing treatments, or care for residents on breathing equipment — for residents who needed it. |
| Feb 12, 2026 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not label drugs according to professional standards or did not store them in locked compartments, with controlled drugs (medications with a high risk of misuse) kept under a separate lock. |
| Feb 12, 2026 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. · from a complaint |
| Feb 12, 2026 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not develop and follow policies and procedures for offering residents flu and pneumonia vaccinations. |
| Feb 12, 2026 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not educate residents and staff about COVID-19 vaccination, offer the vaccine to those eligible after that education, or properly document everyone's vaccination status. |
| Feb 12, 2026 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have a working call system — the button or cord residents use to summon help — in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. |
| Dec 29, 2025 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. · from a complaint |
| Sep 10, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide timely, quality laboratory tests to meet residents' needs. · from a complaint |
| Dec 11, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not respond appropriately to alleged violations, such as reports of abuse, neglect, or mistreatment. Facilities must investigate every allegation and protect residents while they do. · from a complaint |
| Dec 11, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. · from a complaint |
| Aug 19, 2022 | ▲ J · Immediate jeopardy, one-off | The facility did not immediately notify the resident, their doctor, and a family member when something significant happened — such as an injury, a decline in health, or a room change. Families and doctors are entitled to know right away. |
| Aug 19, 2022 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not have a registered nurse on duty at least 8 hours a day, or did not have a registered nurse serving full-time as director of nursing. |
| Aug 19, 2022 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not provide enough food and fluids to keep residents healthy, such as preventing unplanned weight loss or dehydration. |
| May 2, 2019 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. |
| May 2, 2019 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. |
| May 2, 2019 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility's medication error rate was 5 percent or higher — meaning too many doses were given incorrectly, such as the wrong drug, dose, or time. |
Inspection trend by year
Citations from standard inspections increased between the last two inspection cycles (3 → 9).
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | F |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | J ▲ |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | D |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | F |
| 2026 | 9 | 0 | F |
Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.
Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)
No fines or payment denials in the published 3-year window.
Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)
| Measure | This facility | Ohio avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 2.70 | 3.45 | 3.95 | bottom 9% in Ohio; bottom 6% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.55 | 0.60 | 0.69 | top 49% in Ohio; bottom 45% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 2.45 | 3.07 | 3.50 | bottom 10% in Ohio; bottom 8% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.37 | 0.42 | 0.48 | bottom 46% in Ohio; bottom 47% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 47.7 | 48.7 | 45.8 | top 48% in Ohio; bottom 43% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 16.7 | 43.9 | 42.9 | top 10% in Ohio; top 9% in the U.S. |
Hours are per resident per day, case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 2.99, RN 0.61, weekend 2.71. Staffing rating: 2/5.
Self-reported quality measures
Note: these ratings are based on data the facility reports about itself to CMS. They are not independently verified by inspectors, and can look better than inspection findings. Give more weight to the inspection results above.
Quality measures rating: 5/5 · long-stay residents: 5/5 · short-stay residents: —/5
Who owns this facility
For profit - Limited Liability company
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazarnovsky, Solomon | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | 50% | 06/01/2020 |
| Stein, Abba | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | 50% | 06/01/2020 |
| Cusner, Adam | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/27/2025 |
| Cusner, Adam | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/27/2025 |
| Cusner, Adam | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/27/2025 |
| Degyansky, Jeffrey | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 01/01/2020 |
| Degyansky, Jeffrey | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/01/2021 |
| Degyansky, Jeffrey | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/01/2021 |
| Goldish, Eliezer | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/09/2023 |
| Goldish, Eliezer | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/09/2023 |
| Goldish, Eliezer | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/09/2023 |
| Kazarnovsky, Solomon | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/01/2020 |
| Kazarnovsky, Solomon | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/01/2020 |
| Stein, Abba | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/01/2020 |
| Stein, Abba | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/01/2020 |
Questions to ask on your visit
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
- "If my family member falls or their condition changes, exactly when and how will I be notified?"
- "What did your most recent kitchen inspection find, and can I see how food is stored and prepared?"
- "What written notices do we get before any transfer or discharge, and what is your bed-hold policy?"
- "How do you make sure each resident's care follows the doctor's orders, and what changed after this citation?"
- "How many residents here use oxygen or breathing equipment, and who checks that equipment each shift?"
- "Can you show me how medications are stored and secured on the units, including controlled drugs?"
- "Who leads your infection prevention program, and how do you make sure staff follow practices like hand hygiene every day?"
- "What percentage of your residents and staff are vaccinated against flu and pneumonia, and how do you offer the vaccines?"
- "What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
- "Can I see the results and plan of correction from your most recent state inspection?"
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Advanced Health Care of Cincinnati | 3.0 mi | Cincinnati, OH | ★★★☆☆ | 3/5 | |
| Meadowbrook Care Center | 3.8 mi | Cincinnati, OH | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Chesterwood Atc | 4.2 mi | West Chester, OH | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Glendale Place Care Center | 4.4 mi | Cincinnati, OH | ★★★★☆ | 3/5 | |
| Majestic Care of Cedar Village. | 4.4 mi | Mason, OH | ★★☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Blue Ash Health & Rehab | 4.6 mi | Cincinnati, OH | ★☆☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| MCV Health Care Facilities, INC | 4.7 mi | Mason, OH | ★★★★★ | 5/5 | |
| Twin Lakes | 4.7 mi | Cincinnati, OH | ★★★★★ | 5/5 | |
| Maple Knoll Village | 4.8 mi | Cincinnati, OH | ★★★★★ | 4/5 |
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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 365652.