Stock-Based Compensation	3 Months Ended
Stock-Based Compensation	Mar. 31, 2017
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 separation of Ensign's healthcare business and its real estate business into two separate and independently publicly traded companies (the "Spin-Off"), employees of Ensign who had unvested shares of restricted stock were given one share of CareTrust REIT 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 three months ended March 31, 2017, 11,340 shares vested or were forfeited. As of March 31, 2017, there were 30,840 unvested restricted stock awards outstanding. In February 2017, the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors granted 233,768 shares of restricted stock to officers and employees. Each share had a fair market value on the date of grant of $15.21 per share, based on the market price of the Company's common stock on that date, and the shares vest in three equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date. During the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company recognized $0.5 million and $0.4 million of stock-based compensation expense, respectively. As of March 31, 2017, there was $5.4 million of unamortized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested awards and the weighted-average remaining vesting period of such awards was 2.4 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.