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If you’re looking for low senior-care prices, Arkansas is a good bet. Its estimated rates rank among the lowest in the nation for home care, home health-care, assisted living and private nursing home rooms. Yet Arkansas is above the national average in some nursing home rankings. Medicare gives 19 percent of its nursing homes five stars overall. Nationwide, the average is 18 percent.
Approximate number of facilities:
- Nursing homes: 234
- Assisted living residences: 119*
Types of care available:
- Adult day care
- Home care
- Home health-care
- Continuing-care retirement communities
- Assisted living facilities
- Residential care homes
- Nursing homes
Estimated average prices:**
- Adult day care: $74 per day
- Home care: $16 per hour
- Home health-care: $16 per hour
- Assisted living: $2,459 per month
- Nursing home, semi-private room: $141 per day
- Nursing home, private room: $161 per day
State websites for seniors:
Where to report elder abuse:
- In domestic/community care: 1-800-332-4443
- In nursing homes: 1-800-582-4887
Government financial assistance (partial list):
Top-10 largest cities:
- Little Rock
- Fort Smith
- North Little Rock
- Fayetteville
- Jonesboro
- Pine Bluff
- Springdale
- Conway
- Rogers
- Hot Springs
Top nursing homes, based on Medicare ratings:***
Arkadelphia
Courtyard Gardens Health and Rehabilitation
Twin Rivers Health and Rehabilitation
Ashdown
Little River Nursing Home
Charleston
Greenhurst Nursing Center
Danville
Mitchell's Nursing Home
Des Arc
Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
El Dorado
Hudson Memorial Nursing Home
Oak Ridge Nursing Home
Timberlane Health and Rehabilitation
Fayetteville
Katherine's Place at Wedington
North Hills Life Care and Rehab
Flippin
Twin Lakes Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Fort Smith
Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab
Gassville
Gassville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Greenbrier
Greenbrier Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Greenwood
Pink Bud Home for the Golden Years
Hot Springs
Fountain Lake Health and Rehab
Garland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
National Park Medical Center
Jasper
Newton County Nursing Home
Jonesboro
St. Elizabeth's Place
Little Rock
Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Magnolia
The Green House Cottages of Wentworth Place
Malvern
Longmeadow Nursing Center – Malvern
Manila
Manila Nursing Center
McGehee
Southern Heritage Health and Rehabilitation
Melbourne
Pioneer Nursing and Rehab Center
Monticello
The Woods of Monticello Health and Rehabilitation
Mount Ida
Montgomery County Nursing Home
Murfreesboro
Murfreesboro Rehab and Nursing
Nashville
Nashville Nursing and Rehab
North Little Rock
Robinson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Pine Bluff
Trinity Village Medical Center
Rogers
Innisfree Health and Rehab
Jamestown Nursing and Rehab
Russellville
Legacy Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation
St. Mary's Regional Medical Center
Stella Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Springdale
The Maples at Har-Ber Meadows
Windcrest Health and Rehab
Star City
Lincoln Heights Healthcare
West Memphis
Broadway Healthcare Center
Health Care and Rehabilitation Center of West Memphis
White Hall
White Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Wynne
River Ridge Rehabilitation and Care Center
*Assisted-living residence numbers are from the Department of Health and Human Services’ 2007 Residential Care and Assisted Living Compendium. According to the National Center for Assisted Living, this is the industry’s only resource for such data. Depending on the state, the number may or may not include small residential-care homes, such as adult foster care.
**Senior-care price estimates are based on the 2011 MetLife Market Survey of Long-Term Care Costs, which reports average rates,and the Genworth 2011 Cost of Care Survey, which reports median rates.
***Medicare rates nursing homes in four categories using a five-star system. These are the nursing homes with five stars in the “Overall” category. The ratings were accessed on Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare site in November or December 2011 and are subject to change. The Medicare ratings system isn’t perfect, so use additional criteria to evaluate nursing homes as well.
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