Page 6 of Best Nursing Homes in Arkansas

Overview of Beebe Retirement Center

Offering memory care, respite care, and skilled nursing services, Beebe Retirement Center is a nursing home administered by Melissa Poore in Beebe, AR. With 24-hour staffing, residents receive care whenever needed. Moreover, older adults seeking a short-term stay to give their primary caregivers time to rest are welcome with respite services. The community’s multiple levels of care also allow residents to stay even when their needs grow.

With 105 beds, the community has room for both longer stays and temporary care. Occupancy is at 78%, with 82 beds currently in use. Furthermore, total nurse staffing is 5 hours and 17 minutes per resident per day, representing the daily nurse time assigned to each resident. Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are also accepted, giving families several ways to cover care costs based on their payment situation.

Short-term rehabilitation programs provide therapy on-site, so a resident can receive rehabilitation services without arranging transportation elsewhere. Moreover, an enclosed outdoor courtyard includes a gazebo and concrete walking path, giving residents a defined area for time outside. Salon services are also available. Meanwhile, dining accommodates food allergies and preferences through meals prepared by a certified dietary manager and cooks.

Overview of Heritage Living Center

Operating for 49 years, Heritage Living Center in Conway, AR, provides nursing home, memory care, respite care, and skilled nursing. The community can accommodate a wide range of residents’ needs, including ongoing clinical oversight, special care for Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, and short-term stays. 24-hour staffing is also available, ensuring residents can access care whenever needed.

The 140-bed community is currently at 91% occupancy with 128 beds in use. Moreover, residents receive a total of 3 hours and 56 minutes of nursing care daily. With short-term rehabilitation, the community can support residents recovering before returning home or moving to their next level of care.

Salon services and an outdoor courtyard are also available, so residents can attend to personal grooming and spend time outdoors without leaving the community. Meals accommodate food allergies and preferences, allowing those dietary needs to be addressed on-site.

Administered by Tina Bogard under HLNC, the community accepts Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay, giving families several listed ways to cover care.

Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab is a nursing home and skilled nursing facility in Fort Smith, AR. Its services include long-term care and short-term rehabilitation, so residents can receive ongoing care or recovery-focused services within the community. Skilled nursing provides licensed nursing care on site around the clock. The combination may be a good fit for a resident who needs ongoing nursing support and rehabilitation services.

There are 84 beds in all. Private rooms accommodate one resident, while semi-private rooms provide shared living. Total nurse staffing is 5 hours and 12 minutes per resident each day, representing the total nursing time associated with each resident over a 24-hour period.

Payment options include Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay. Medicare covers short-term skilled care after a hospital stay rather than long-term residence, while Medicaid may help cover a long stay when savings may not be enough. Private pay means paying directly.

Jennifer Williams serves as administrator, and Chapel Ridge Nursing Center operates the community. A beauty shop and spa room give residents on-site spaces for personal care. Scenic sunrooms offer indoor areas with views of the outdoors.

Overview of Southridge Village Nursing and Rehab

Southridge Village Nursing and Rehab in Heber Springs, Arkansas, offers long-term nursing home care, skilled nursing services, memory care, and respite stays. Memory care programs use secured accommodations to assist individuals living with cognitive decline, while short-term respite care provides temporary support for primary family caregivers needing time away.

Operated by HBNC under administrator Brenda Chapman, the 122-bed residence logs an average of 4 hours and 45 minutes of direct daily nursing care per resident. Facilities include an on-site therapy gym, a salon and spa, and an enclosed outdoor courtyard. Meals are overseen by a certified dietary manager to accommodate food allergies and preferences. The local area has a 58 walk score, and payment options cover Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay.

Families exploring long-term nursing support or temporary respite admissions can contact Southridge Village Nursing and Rehab to request details on open beds, discuss funding options, or schedule a campus walkthrough.

An outpatient program is unusual for a nursing home, and Twin Rivers Health and Rehabilitation runs one in Arkadelphia. Therapy can continue after someone has gone home, with no readmission needed. A doctor is on staff.

Nursing home care means a residential setting for a person whose need for support does not stop. Skilled nursing is the licensed layer over that, staffed through the night. A family can do a great deal and still not be the one assessing a wound at midnight. Two resident profiles fit best here, and they’re opposites: one who is staying indefinitely, and another just staying a fortnight.

A respite stay is often about something temporary: a busy season, a deployment, a trip that can’t be moved or delayed any longer. The caregiving has to be taken care of somehow.

The building holds 112 beds, and nursing care totals 4 hours and 6 minutes per resident over the course of a day.

Rehabilitation services give therapy a place during recovery. Medicare, Medicaid, and the family’s own money can all pay the way here, depending on which one turns on what brought the person in and whether they qualify. Nicolai Murusiak administers the home for 3P Partners, LLC.

Overview of Evergreen Living Center at Stagecoach

Evergreen Living Center at Stagecoach is a nursing home in Bryant, Arkansas, offering skilled nursing, memory care, and respite care. Skilled nursing includes licensed nursing care on site around the clock, while memory care provides supervision for residents living with dementia. Respite care is available for short stays, giving a family caregiver time to travel, recover, or manage other responsibilities.

The community has 116 beds and is operated by Salco NC, with Becky Baker serving as administrator. Total nurse staffing is 4 hours and 24 minutes per resident each day, representing the daily hands on nursing time allocated to each resident. Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are accepted: Medicare can apply to short term skilled care after a hospital stay, Medicaid can help when personal savings do not cover a long stay, and private pay allows a family to use personal funds.

Short term rehabilitation takes place in the therapy gym, so rehabilitation services are available on site. Residents can spend time in an enclosed outdoor courtyard with a gazebo and concrete walking path, and salon services are available. Meals are prepared by a certified dietary manager and cooks, with food allergies and preferences accommodated. A Walk Score of 34 places the area in a car dependent setting, so most errands require a car or a ride. Evergreen Living Center at Stagecoach may be a good fit for someone who needs nursing oversight or memory related supervision, or for a family seeking a short term respite stay.

A doctor on staff is not a given in a nursing home, and St. John’s Place of Arkansas carries one in Fordyce. The Enhanced Care Unit is a named program here too. Skilled nursing runs beside nursing home care, so daily help and licensed nursing come from one address.

Licensed nurses work every shift here, including the overnight. Insulin and pain medication run on schedules a day-shift arrangement cannot always cover. A new knee needs weeks of therapy, and those sessions happen down the hall here, instead of after a car ride across town twice a week.

Respite4 stays run short by design. A wedding out of state, or some other event booked before the family knew care would be needed then: the respite stay covers that stretch and then stops. This home holds 120 beds, and nursing time totals 4 hours and 9 minutes for each resident in a day.

Medicaid, Medicare, and private pay all work here. Medicare covers a set window after a qualifying hospital admission and then stops; Medicaid becomes the question once savings run out; private pay is the direct option. Someone admitted under Medicare who later moves onto Medicaid does not have to change their address to receive care.

Taylor Ashley is the administrator. The fit is a resident needing daily help, licensed nursing, short respite, o0r skilled care following a hospital stay.

Overview of Mountain Meadows Nursing & Rehab Center

Mountain Meadows Nursing & Rehab Center provides nursing home care, memory care, respite care, and skilled nursing in Batesville, AR. Skilled nursing includes licensed nursing care on site around the clock, while memory care provides a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering. Respite care offers a short stay when a usual caregiver needs to travel or recover.

The range of care can suit someone living with dementia who needs supervised memory care or a family seeking temporary support. The home has 110 beds, with total nurse staffing of 4 hours and 17 minutes per resident per day, representing the daily hands-on nursing time allocated to each resident. Payment options are Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay, giving families those listed ways to cover care.