Page 14 of Best Nursing Homes in Arkansas

Apple Creek Health & Rehab, situated in the peaceful town of Centerton, Arkansas, proudly stands as the newest long-term care and skilled nursing facility in NWA. This senior community includes a team of experienced professionals, such as Licensed Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapists, Licensed Practical Nurses, Registered Nurses, and Certified Nursing Assistants. These healthcare experts are committed to ensuring the well-being and recovery of senior residents.

At Apple Creek, every aspect, from meals to activities and facilities, is meticulously designed with the comfort and happiness of residents in mind. The community’s mission is to offer an environment that fosters the overall well-being of residents and provides them with the highest quality of care and support. With an emphasis on providing the utmost comfort and care, they offer exclusively private rooms and are certified for both Medicare and Medicaid.

Overview of St. Elizabeth‘s Place

St. Elizabeth’s Place offers nursing home, memory care, respite care, and skilled nursing in Jonesboro, AR. Nursing home and skilled nursing provide ongoing care with licensed nursing support, while memory care offers a supervised setting for someone living with dementia. Respite care provides a short-term stay when a family member who usually provides care needs time away.

The range of care types suits a resident whose needs change over time without requiring a move to another community. St. Elizabeth’s Place has 110 beds and accepts Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay, giving families several ways to cover care depending on eligibility and available resources. Total nurse staffing is 3h 58m per resident per day, representing the total daily nurse staffing time assigned to each resident; Shari Doty serves as administrator, and Jonesboro Care and Rehabilitation Center operates the community.

Overview of Countryside Health & Rehab of Newton County

Countryside Health & Rehab of Newton County offers nursing home care, assisted living, independent living, and memory care in Jasper, AR. Assisted living supports bathing, dressing, and medication while residents keep their own living space. Independent living provides private living with community services and no daily care. Memory care offers a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering, while nursing home care adds ongoing nursing support.

Several care levels are available here. A resident whose needs change may be able to move to another level of care without leaving the community. That range can suit someone who may need increasing support over time, including a person living with dementia who needs a supervised setting. The community has 70 beds.

Nurse staffing totals 6 hours and 14 minutes per resident each day, representing the daily hands on nursing time assigned per resident. Rehabilitation services and physician services are available. Residents can also use the spa and beauty salon for personal grooming within the community. Bailey Norton serves as administrator, and B & H Operations operates the community. A Walk Score of 37 places the area in a car dependent setting, so most errands require a car or a ride.

Belvedere Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hot Springs, Arkansas, offers long-term nursing care, skilled nursing support, and short-term respite stays. Short-term admissions allow temporary care for individuals while primary family caregivers travel or take time off, while on-site therapy gym services support physical rehabilitation without requiring external trips.

Established in 2017, the 120-bed community is managed by administrator Emily Loy. Living spaces include both private rooms and semiprivate layouts accommodating two residents. Outside areas feature a private courtyard for residents in the dedicated secure area.

Daily amenities include organized transportation for medical appointments, an on-site salon, and menu choices featuring fresh fruits, vegetables, entrees, and desserts. Daily nurse staffing averages 4 hours and 56 minutes per resident, while financial arrangements cover Medicare for short-term rehabilitation, Medicaid for extended stays, and direct private payment.

Interested individuals evaluating local skilled nursing facilities or short-term therapy programs can contact Belvedere Nursing and Rehabilitation Center to check current room availability or arrange a campus visit.

In Conway, AR, Conway Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center works under a license covering nursing home care, skilled nursing, and respite care. Licensed nursing through every hour and is one-half of the clinical structure. Respite is what a family arranges when the usual caregiver has to be elsewhere for a stretch.

There are 105 licensed beds. For one resident, a day counts 4 hours and 25 minutes of nurse staffing.

Rehabilitation services happen inside the center, so nobody changes care settings to get therapy. The other half of that structure is a doctor on staff, which puts physician care into the building’s own arrangements.

Medicaid, Medicare, and private pay are taken, and each is easier to describe by what it will not do. Medicaid will not step in until a long stay costs more than a family can fund. Medicare will not pay for a long-term residence, only a brief skilled course tied to a hospital discharge, and private pay carries no such refusals.

Skilled nursing, rehabilitation, or a brief respite stay while a caregiver is unavailable are what would bring somebody here. Kathern Fisher is the administrator under Faulkner SNF Operations, LLC.

Lakeside Nursing Center has been part of Lake City, Arkansas for 24 years, running 85 beds at 82.4% occupancy. The care list is broad: nursing home services alongside hospice, memory care, palliative care, respite care, and skilled nursing, all under one roof. The Walk Score sits at 31, somewhat walkable but still mostly a car-dependent stretch of Arkansas.

Registered nurses put in about 14 minutes per resident daily. LPNs add another 14 minutes. Nurse aides carry the bulk of hands-on care at roughly two hours and 39 minutes. Residents get about four hours and 48 minutes of total nursing time each day.

Lakeside accepts Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay, and its resident population splits between two groups: people passing through for short-term rehab, and people settling in for longer-term nursing care. Most new residents arrive as private-pay admissions, typically staying two to three months. Rehabilitation services, respite care, and a dedicated short-term rehab track round out what’s offered, backed by staffing around the clock.

On inspections, two themes have come up consistently: medication management and environmental and hazardous-materials safety. Lakeside, then, is established, with 85 beds in Lake City, built around two overlapping tracks: short-term recovery and longer-term skilled nursing care, with a staffing structure weighted heavily toward direct nurse aide support.

Westwood Health and Rehabilitation offers nursing home, memory care, respite care, and skilled nursing in Springdale, AR. Nursing home and skilled nursing care provide licensed nursing care on site around the clock, while memory care offers a secured setting with supervision for a resident at risk of wandering.

Respite care provides a short stay for a family whose usual caregiver needs to travel or recover. The community may be a good fit for someone who needs supervised memory support or for a caregiver who needs temporary coverage.

The home has 85 beds, with private and semi-private rooms. A private room gives one resident a single space, while a semi-private room uses a shared arrangement. Total nurse staffing is 4h 23m per resident per day, representing the daily hands-on nursing time allocated to each resident.

Payment options are Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay. Medicaid can help when savings may not cover a long stay, while Medicare covers short-term skilled care after a hospital stay rather than long-term residence. A salon provides on-site beauty services, and shuttle service gives residents access to community transportation. Rehabilitation and therapy services support treatment during a resident’s stay, while respiratory care, wound care, hospice and palliative care, and psychological services address additional clinical and supportive needs. Kerrie Lorenz serves as administrator, and Westwood Health and Rehab operates the community. A Walk Score of 78 places the area in the very walkable band, meaning most errands can be done on foot and a resident who no longer drives can still reach shops, a pharmacy, or cafes independently.

Maple Healthcare is a nursing home in Hazen, Arkansas, with nursing care available on site around the clock in a residential setting. The home has 70 beds, with private rooms for residents who want a single person space and shared rooms for those who prefer to live with a companion.

Payment options include Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay. Total nurse staffing is 4 hours and 18 minutes per resident each day, a figure that represents the combined daily nursing time available for each resident. Rushell Barker serves as administrator, and Hazen SNF Operator operates Maple Healthcare.

Springdale Health and Rehab have proven an efficient rehabilitative approach to skilled nursing services that enhance their quality of life. Offering a better alternative to long-term care, the well-trained care staff delivers a multidisciplinary approach to nursing when providing tailored care– ensuring service with compassion, kindness, and professionalism. Springdale Health and Rehab strives to be the nursing home in the city that gives the best standard of care.
With an emphasis on long-term and rehabilitative care, the center offers physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, wound care, restorative nursing, IV therapy, cardiac recovery, and orthopedic care; with services such as transportation, housekeeping, and laundry– to name a few of the features that residents from both living options get unlimited access to.