Medium-capacity home · Offers a balance of services and community atmosphere.
Brookdale Fort Smith
Brookdale Fort Smith offers assisted living and memory care in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Assisted living includes help with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, and medication while a resident maintains an apartment. Memory care provides a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering.
Respite care is also available for short stays, which can give a family caregiver time to travel or recover. The combination of assisted living and memory care may be a good fit for someone whose daily support needs could grow to require a secured setting.
Brookdale Fort Smith has 100 beds and offers studio, one bedroom, and two bedroom residences. A studio provides a single living space, while the larger layouts provide more than one room for a resident or couple. The starting monthly rate is $3,015 for assisted living and $6,265 for memory care, giving families a care level specific starting point for budgeting.
Franceska Markham serves as the administrator, and Emeritus Properties ARK Willow Brook operates the community. Pets are allowed, so residents may bring a pet with them. A salon, courtyard and garden, music appreciation group, creative workshops, and game nights give residents on site options for personal care, outdoor time, and activities. The area has a Walk Score of 51, meaning it is somewhat walkable and some errands can be completed on foot, so a resident may be able to manage selected nearby trips without a car.
Community insights.
About This Community
Pricing & Financial Information
The below pricing was updated on
Brookdale Fort Smith is legally operated by Emeritus Properties ARK Willow Brook LLC, and administered by Franceska Markham.
Type of Rooms Available
Living Spaces & Floor Plans for Brookdale Fort Smith
Places of interest near Brookdale Fort Smith
3.5 miles from city center
Estimated distance in miles from Fort Smith's city center to Brookdale Fort Smith's address, calculated via Google Maps.
Calculate Travel Distance to Brookdale Fort Smith
Add your location
Compare Assisted Living around Fort Smith
Info below is compiled from the AR Dept. of Human Services (DHS), senior community websites & trusted data sources such as Walk Score & BBB.
Communities are listed from highest-ranked to lowest-ranked based on our methodology.
Care Types in This Table
AL (Assisted Living):
Housing with help for daily activities like bathing, dressing, and medication, without 24-hour skilled nursing.
MC (Memory Care):
Secured, specialized care for people living with Alzheimer's or dementia.
RC (Respite Care):
Short-term temporary care that gives family caregivers a break.
IL (Independent Living):
Community living with dining, activities, and transportation for active seniors who need little personal care.
|
City and state of the facility. Used for mapping and state-average comparisons.
|
Licensed bed capacity (maximum allowed). Not the same as how many beds are currently filled.
|
Indicates whether residents are allowed to have pets in the facility.
|
Third-party neighborhood walkability score (0–100). Convenience/context metric, not a healthcare quality measure.
|
Description of bed or unit types offered (e.g. assisted living, memory care), as reported in state or facility disclosures.
|
Better Business Bureau grade for the operating company. Reflects complaint handling and business practices, not clinical care quality.
|
A named contact for the facility. Hover the name to see their role — Administrator (state administrator of record or facility-provided administrator), Nursing Director, Medical Director, or Staff. The most authoritative available is shown.
|
Name of the licensed owner, operator, or managing entity as filed with the state. Useful for grouping facilities under the same organization.
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookdale Fort Smith | AL MC | Fort Smith | 100
Facility
100
AR AVG
56
Rank
#10 / 107 | Yes |
51
Facility
51
AR AVG
30
Rank
#21 / 142 | Studio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed | A+ | Franceska Markham | Emeritus Properties Ark Willow Brook LLC |
| Hope‘s Creek Retirement Living | AL | Van Buren | 118
Facility
118
AR AVG
56
Rank
#5 / 107 | Yes |
52
Facility
52
AR AVG
30
Rank
#20 / 142 | 1 Bed / 2 Bed | - | Misty Lewis | - |
| Peachtree Village, LLC | AL RC | Fort Smith | 59
Facility
59
AR AVG
56
Rank
#46 / 107 | No |
47
Facility
47
AR AVG
30
Rank
#27 / 142 | - | - | Nancy Sullivan | - |
| Methodist Village Inc. | AL IL MC RC | Fort Smith | 45
Facility
45
AR AVG
56
Rank
#63 / 107 | No |
16
Facility
16
AR AVG
30
Rank
#102 / 142 | Private Rooms / Semi-Private Rooms | - | Candace Cox | - |
| Golden Years Retirement Village | AL | Greenwood | 14
Facility
14
AR AVG
56
Rank
#94 / 107 | Yes |
27
Facility
27
AR AVG
30
Rank
#78 / 142 | - | - | Rhonda Oliver | - |
Rank badges are statewide and care-type specific: each assisted living community is ranked against every other AR assisted living community we track that reports that metric, not just the 5 on this page. See how we rank facilities
Programs that may help with care and living costs in Arkansas
Brookdale Fort Smith is in Fort Smith, Arkansas. These programs may support different care settings or living expenses.
Living Choices Assisted Living Waiver
Arkansas Medicaid Living Choices Assisted Living Waiver
- Income limit
- 2026 · $2,982/month per applicant under the published long-term-care standard; spouse and child income are disregarded under the chart rules.
- Asset limit
- $2,000 for an individual; the chart lists $3,000 for a couple. Community-spouse protections and exclusions require individual review.
Eligibility
- General
- Adults age 65+ or adults age 21+ who are blind or physically disabled and meet the program level-of-care and Medicaid criteria.
- AR specifics
- Assisted-living care is provided in eligible Level II assisted-living facilities.
What it provides
- Authorized assisted-living care and support services in participating Level II facilities.
ARChoices
Arkansas Medicaid ARChoices
- Income limit
- 2026 · $2,982/month per applicant under the published long-term-care standard; spouse and child income are disregarded under the chart rules.
- Asset limit
- $2,000 for an individual; the chart lists $3,000 for a couple. Community-spouse protections and exclusions require individual review.
Eligibility
- General
- Adults age 65+ or adults age 21–64 with physical disabilities who meet Medicaid and nursing-facility level-of-care criteria.
- AR specifics
- Functional assessment and authorization determine the home and community services in the care plan.
What it provides
- Authorized attendant care; home-delivered meals; personal emergency response systems; adult day services; respite and accessibility adaptations.
Arkansas State Plan Personal Care
Arkansas Medicaid Personal Care Program
- Income limit
- Must qualify for an applicable Arkansas Medicaid coverage category.
Eligibility
- General
- People in a qualifying Arkansas Medicaid category who require assessed assistance with at least one daily-living or instrumental activity.
- AR specifics
- Independent assessment and clinical authorization apply; the fact sheet excludes specified institutional settings including Level II assisted living.
What it provides
- Authorized assistance with personal tasks; hours depend on assessment and the approved plan.
Choices in Living Resource Center
Arkansas Choices in Living
- Income limit
- 2026 · No income test for contacting this information and referral resource.
- Asset limit
- No asset test for contacting this information and referral resource.
Eligibility
- General
- Anyone seeking long-term-services information, including older adults, people with disabilities, families, caregivers and professionals.
- AR specifics
- The resource center provides information and helps people explore long-term-services options.
What it provides
- Free information and options counseling about long-term services and supports.



















