Nursing home
Village Care Center
2990 Riggs Avenue, Erlanger, KY 41018 · Map
For profit - Corporation · 100 certified beds
Village Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Erlanger, Kentucky. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.41 hours per resident per day, above the Kentucky average of 4.01. Its most recent inspection on Nov 19, 2025 cited 3 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Village Care Center compares
This facility vs. the Kentucky and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Kentucky avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.41 | 4.01 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.66 | 0.77 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.65 | 2.43 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | —% | 46.7% | 46.4% | — |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 3.4 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the November 19, 2025 inspection was corrected by December 11, 2025
What inspectors found at Village Care Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Nov 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Nov 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Nov 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Nov 17, 2023 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 17, 2023 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Nov 17, 2023 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Sep 17, 2020 - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Sep 17, 2020 - Potential for harm
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.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Sep 17, 2020 - Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Sep 17, 2020 - Potential for harm
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.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Sep 17, 2020 - Potential for harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Sep 17, 2020
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 2990 Riggs Avenue
Erlanger, KY 41018 - CMS certification #
- 185440
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 100
- Avg residents/day
- 86.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1999-10-05
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Village Care Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, transportation
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2008
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2022, no violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Village Care Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Whether you or your loved one seeks skilled nursing, independent senior living, assisted living, memory care, short-term rehab, respite care or another service, we have a place for you at BLC.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Transportation is not provided.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Smoke-free.
We are a smoke-free campus.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Oct 13, 2008 to Oct 12, 2010. Violations found: Fair Labor Standards Act (pay and hours). Employer as DOL recorded it: Baptist Village Care Center (Baptist Life Communities Inc.,). Case 1591721.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Aug 18, 2022: programmed (planned) inspection, records only (safety). Case closed Aug 30, 2022. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 65261 - BLC INC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- St Elizabeth Edgewood, Edgewood. 2.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Villaspring of Erlanger, Erlanger. 1.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Interim Healthcare Of Northern Kentucky, Edgewood. 0.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 41018 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Crestview Hills Dialysis, Crestview Hills, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Turfway Pd Training, Florence, 2.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Turfway Dialysis, Florence, 2.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 7 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 41018.
Hospice Care Of St Elizabeth Healthcare, office in Edgewood, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Hospice Of Southwest Ohio, Inc, office in Cincinnati, 16.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Hospice Of Cincinnati, Inc, office in Cincinnati, 18.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Summit Medical Group Inc, Edgewood. 2.2 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: very low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding very low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Village Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Village Care Center an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Village Care Center staffed?
Village Care Center reports 4.41 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Kentucky average of 4.01.
Has Village Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does Village Care Center have?
Village Care Center is certified for 100 beds.