Stock-Based Compensation	6 Months Ended
Stock-Based Compensation	Jun. 30, 2016
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
Stock-Based Compensation	STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION All stock-based awards are subject to the terms of the CareTrust REIT, Inc. and CTR Partnership, L.P. Incentive Award Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan provides for the granting of stock-based compensation, including stock options, restricted stock, performance awards, restricted stock units and other incentive awards to officers, employees and directors in connection with their employment with or services provided to the Company. Restricted Stock Awards — In connection with the Spin-Off, employees of Ensign who had unvested shares of restricted stock were given one share of CareTrust unvested restricted stock totaling 207,580 shares at the Spin-Off. These restricted shares are subject to a time vesting provision only and the Company does not recognize any stock compensation expense associated with these awards. During the six months ended June 30, 2016, 28,000 shares vested or were forfeited. As of June 30, 2016, there were 60,830 unvested restricted stock awards outstanding. In May 2016, the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors granted 20,770 shares of restricted stock to members of the Board of Directors. Each share had a fair market value on the date of grant of $13.13 per share, based on the market price of the Company's common stock on that date, and the shares vest over one year. During the three months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, the Company recognized $0.4 million and $0.3 million of stock-based compensation expense, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, the Company recognized $0.9 million and $0.7 million of stock-based compensation expense, respectively. As of June 30, 2016, there was $3.1 million of unamortized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested awards and the weighted-average remaining vesting period of such awards was 2.8 years.

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.