The 10 Worst Nursing Homes in Arkansas

Finding the Right Nursing Home in Arkansas: Why It Matters

When it comes to choosing a nursing home for your loved ones in Arkansas, it's crucial to have access to accurate and comprehensive information. Our "Worst Nursing Homes in Arkansas" page aims to provide you with insights into the facilities that have fallen short in various aspects of care. Understanding these ratings can help you make more informed decisions and ensure the well-being of those who matter most.

Top Worst Nursing Homes in Arkansas

Our state rankings highlight the nursing homes in Arkansas that have received the lowest quality scores based on a variety of factors, including health inspections, staffing levels, and resident care. These scores are designed to give you a clear picture of which facilities may require closer scrutiny.

Factors Considered:

• Health and safety inspections
• Staffing ratios
• Resident care and outcomes
• Compliance with federal and state regulations

Our scoring methodology is transparent and designed to provide an unbiased look at each facility's performance. Nursing Homes with the warning icon () have been flagged by CMS for abuse.

Disclaimer: Our rankings are based on data collected from reputable sources, including government reports and independent evaluations. While we strive for accuracy, we encourage you to visit facilities and conduct your own research before making any decisions.

Worst Nursing Homes in Arkansas By City

Every city in Arkansas has its own set of challenges and standards when it comes to nursing home care. To help you find the information most relevant to your location, we've compiled city-specific rankings of the worst-rated nursing homes. Click on the links below to explore the detailed lists for each city.

Worst Nursing Homes in Little Rock

• The Blossoms at Cumberland Rehab and Nursing Center (87)
  • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (2026-04-23)
  • Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2026-04-23)
• Colonel Glenn Health and Rehab, LLC (71.25)
  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2026-01-02)
  • Encode each resident?s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment. (2025-05-13)
• The Blossoms at Midtown Rehab and Nursing Center (56)
  • Have exits that are accessible at all times. (2025-09-27)
  • Have an alternate power supply for its alarm system. (2025-09-27)
• The Blossoms at Breckenridge Rehab and Nursing Cente (53.75)
  • Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system. (2026-04-16)
  • Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. (2026-04-16)
• The Blossoms at West Dixon Rehab and Nursing Center (38)
  • Have an alternate power supply for its alarm system. (2026-02-09)
  • Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors. (2026-02-09)
• Hickory Heights Health and Rehab, LLC (33)
  • Address patient/client population and determine types of services needed. (2025-09-06)
  • Include a process for Emergency Preparedness collaboration. (2025-09-06)
• Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center,inc (32)
  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2025-06-14)
  • Dispose of garbage and refuse properly. (2025-06-14)
• The Green House Cottages of Poplar Grove (28)
  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2025-06-07)
  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2024-10-28)
• Pleasant Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing (28)
  • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (2025-05-23)
  • Provide properly protected cooking facilities. (2024-03-08)
• The Springs of Barrow (23)
  • Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector. (2026-03-26)
  • Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system. (2026-03-26)

Worst Nursing Homes in Fayetteville

• Paramount Nursing and Rehab at Fayetteville, LLC (159.5)
  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2025-10-31)
  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2025-10-31)
• Fayetteville Healthcare Center (104.5)
  • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (2026-03-27)
  • Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (2026-03-27)
• Arkansas Veterans Home at Fayetteville (52)
  • Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident. (2025-04-18)
  • Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death. (2025-04-18)
• Fayetteville Center For Nursing and Healing LLC (47)
  • Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances. (2025-12-09)
  • Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (2025-12-09)
• Fayetteville Health and Rehabilitation Center (40)
  • Have an alternate power supply for its alarm system. (2025-12-21)
  • Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors. (2025-12-21)
• Donalson Care Center (31)
  • Address subsistence needs for staff and patients. (2025-04-26)
  • Establish policies and procedures including evacuation. (2025-04-26)
• Katherine's Place at Wedington (26)
  • Install a fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility. (2025-10-05)
  • Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-09-25)
• Butterfield Trail Village (21.75)
  • Install a fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility. (2026-01-02)
  • Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. (2026-01-02)
• North Hills Life Care and Rehab (12)
  • Install an approved automatic sprinkler system. (2026-04-13)
  • Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system. (2024-09-21)
• Elk River Health and Rehabilitation of Fayetteville (11)
  • Conduct risk assessment and an All-Hazards approach. (2025-10-15)
  • Address subsistence needs for staff and patients. (2025-10-15)

Worst Nursing Homes in Fort Smith

• Legacy Health and Rehabilitation Center (54)
  • Have an alternate power supply for its alarm system. (2025-03-02)
  • Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. (2025-03-02)
• Methodist Health and Rehab (48)
  • Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors. (2024-11-22)
  • Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. (2024-11-22)
• The Blossoms at Fort Smith Rehab and Nursing Center (46)
  • Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. (2025-10-16)
  • Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions. (2025-10-16)
• Brooken Hill Health and Rehab, LLC (30)
  • Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition (2026-05-22)
  • Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. (2026-05-22)
• Fianna Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (27)
  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2026-03-06)
  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2025-07-04)
• Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab (26)
  • Provide properly protected cooking facilities. (2025-06-01)
  • Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors. (2025-06-01)
• Covington Court Health and Rehabilitation Center (18)
  • Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector. (2026-04-10)
  • Have properly located and lighted "Exit" signs. (2026-04-10)

Worst Nursing Homes in Springdale

• Westwood Health and Rehab, Inc (101.25)
  • Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors. (2025-02-27)
  • Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords. (2025-02-27)
• Windcrest Health and Rehab Inc (43)
  • Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2024-11-30)
  • Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors. (2024-11-30)
• Springdale Health and Rehabilitation Center (36)
  • Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector. (2026-03-15)
  • Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system. (2026-03-15)
• Shiloh Nursing and Rehab, LLC (29)
  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (2025-03-31)
  • Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. (2025-03-31)
• Edgewood Health and Rehab (22)
  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2024-12-05)
  • Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis. (2024-12-05)
• The Maples at Har-Ber Meadows (21)
  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2026-01-02)
  • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (2025-10-28)

Worst Nursing Homes in Jonesboro

• Arrowhead Post Acute LLC (71)
  • Install proper backup exit lighting. (2025-07-18)
  • Construct fire resistant interior walls. (2025-07-18)
• Jonesboro Center For Nursing and Healing LLC (67)
  • Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. (2026-03-25)
  • Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment. (2026-03-25)
• Ridgecrest Health and Rehabilitation (55)
  • Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times. (2026-02-05)
  • Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. (2026-02-05)
• St Elizabeth's Place (45)
  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2026-03-29)
  • Provide properly protected cooking facilities. (2025-06-13)
• Forest Haven Nursing and Rehab Ctr, LLC (45)
  • Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. (2025-05-30)
  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2025-05-30)
• The Springs Jonesboro (25)
  • Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (2026-02-13)
  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2025-12-17)

Related Lists and Resources

While it's important to be aware of the lowest-rated facilities, we also provide resources to help you find the best care available. Check out our other lists to find top-rated nursing homes and facilities that excel in specific areas.

• Best Nursing Homes in Arkansas
• Analysis of Nursing Homes in Arkansas

Making Informed Decisions

Understanding our rankings and how they are derived can empower you to make better choices for your loved ones. Remember, a low rating in one area doesn't necessarily mean a facility is entirely unsuitable; it's a starting point for further investigation.

Tips for Evaluating Nursing Homes in Arkansas:

• Schedule visits to potential facilities
• Speak with staff and residents
• Review recent inspection reports
• Consider the specific needs of your loved one

Disclaimer: NursingHomeDatabase.com does not have a relationship, either commercial or otherwise, with any of the skilled nursing facilities referred to on this site. This is an independent resource that tries to make more and better information available to the public.

More Resources for Families

Navigating the world of nursing home care can be overwhelming. Here are some resources to help you make the best decisions for your family:

• The Role of Family in Nursing Home Care
• Navigating Medicaid for Nursing Home Care
• How to Handle a Nursing Home Discharge
• Understanding Nursing Home Ratings and What They Mean
• Questions to Ask During a Nursing Home Visit