The 10 Worst Nursing Homes in Arkansas

  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 Springs of Pinnacle Mountain (128.167)
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (2024-10-24)
• Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (2024-10-24)
• Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at Good Shepherd (97.333)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2024-11-03)
• Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (2024-11-03)
• The Blossoms at West Dixon Rehab and Nursing Center (92)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2024-10-01)
• Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (2024-10-01)
• The Green House Cottages of Poplar Grove (89.667)
• Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (2024-10-28)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2024-10-28)
• The Blossoms at Cumberland Rehab and Nursing Center (88.667)
• PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities (2025-02-17)
• Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. (2025-02-17)
• Hickory Heights Health and Rehab, LLC (86)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2024-05-31)
• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (2024-05-31)
• Cottage Lane Health and Rehab of Little Rock (83.333)
• Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors. (2025-01-15)
• Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. (2024-12-30)
• Colonel Glenn Health and Rehab, LLC (78)
• Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. (2024-03-13)
• Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes. (2024-03-13)
• The Blossoms at Woodland Hills Rehab and Nursing Cen (74.667)
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (2025-01-02)
• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (2025-01-02)
• The Blossoms at Midtown Rehab and Nursing Center (74.667)
• Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (2024-06-09)
• Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (2024-06-09)

Worst Nursing Homes in Fayetteville

• Donalson Care Center (204.333)
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2022-04-08)
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (2021-08-12)
• Fayetteville Healthcare Center (160.333)
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (2024-09-24)
• Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. (2024-09-24)
• Arkansas Veterans Home at Fayetteville (139.833)
• PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities (2024-02-25)
• Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (2024-02-25)
• Carolina Rehab Center of Cumberland (119.833)
• Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. (2024-11-05)
• Provide appropriate care/assistance for a resident with a prosthesis. (2024-11-04)
• The Carrolton of Fayetteville (105)
• Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times. (2024-08-30)
• Have an enclosure around a vertical opening shaft. (2024-08-30)
• Fayetteville Health and Rehabilitation Center (94)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2024-07-27)
• Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (2024-07-27)
• Katherine's Place at Wedington (71.333)
• Notify the resident or the resident?s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident?s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave. (2024-06-14)
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (2024-06-14)
• North Hills Life Care and Rehab (52)
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2024-09-21)
• Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. (2024-09-21)
• Butterfield Trail Village (50)
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2024-08-09)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2024-08-09)
• Highland House Rehabilitation and Healthcare (41.333)
• Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs. (2025-01-22)
• Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. (2025-01-21)

Worst Nursing Homes in Fort Smith

• Legacy Health and Rehabilitation Center (126.167)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2024-04-20)
• Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (2024-04-20)
• Covington Court Health and Rehabilitation Center (93.333)
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2024-08-30)
• Provide properly protected cooking facilities. (2024-08-29)
• The Blossoms at Fort Smith Rehab and Nursing Center (68.667)
• Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (2024-10-19)
• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (2024-10-19)
• Chapel Ridge Health and Rehab (64.667)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2024-03-17)
• Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (2024-03-17)
• Methodist Health and Rehab (57.333)
• Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. (2024-11-22)
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (2024-11-22)
• Fianna Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (41.333)
• Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times. (2024-06-17)
• Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors. (2024-06-17)

Worst Nursing Homes in Springdale

• Springdale Health and Rehabilitation Center (95.167)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2024-08-31)
• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (2024-08-31)
• Westwood Health and Rehab, Inc (71.667)
• Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (2025-02-27)
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (2025-02-27)
• Windcrest Health and Rehab Inc (52.667)
• Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2024-11-30)
• Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (2024-11-30)
• The Maples at Har-Ber Meadows (46.667)
• Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (2024-08-16)
• Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. (2024-08-16)
• Shiloh Nursing and Rehab, LLC (45.333)
• Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. (2024-02-02)
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2024-02-02)
• Edgewood Health and Rehab (33.333)
• 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)
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2024-12-05)

Worst Nursing Homes in Jonesboro

• Ridgecrest Health and Rehabilitation (133.333)
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2024-11-13)
• Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2024-11-13)
• St Elizabeth's Place (66)
• Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2024-04-01)
• Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (2024-04-01)
• The Springs Jonesboro (60)
• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (2024-12-27)
• Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason. (2024-12-27)
• Jonesboro Rehab and Hcc (55.333)
• Prepare residents for a safe transfer or discharge from the nursing home. (2024-12-10)
• Submit a timely, acceptable plan for facility closure, including notification of the appropriate entities and ensuring residents are transferred in a safe and orderly manner. (2024-12-10)
• Craighead Nursing Center (50)
• Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (2024-08-10)
• Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (2024-08-10)
• Wyatt Manor Nursing and Rehab Ctr, Inc (32)
• Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2024-10-28)
• Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. (2024-02-23)
• Arrowhead Health and Rehab (30.667)
• Notify the resident or the resident?s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident?s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave. (2024-02-23)
• Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (2024-02-23)
• Jonesboro Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (16.667)
• Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems. (2024-02-16)
• Install a fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility. (2024-02-16)
• Forest Haven Nursing and Rehab Ctr, LLC (5.333)
• Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. (2023-03-31)
• Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason. (2023-03-31)

  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

  How We Compile Nursing Home Ratings in Arkansas

Every month, we rank all of the skilled nursing facilities in Arkansas. These rankings are based on data provided by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid measures ("CMS"), including the CMS 5-Star Rating System and the Health Inspection Scores. The list of the Worst Skilled Nursing Facilities in Arkansas is based on the weighted overall health inspection score which is a composite of CMS's three most recent skilled nursing home inspection scores weighted to give the most recent inspection more importance.

The CMS 5-Star Rating System rates skilled nursing facilities from one to five stars, with one star being the lowest and five stars being the highest. The rating system also rates Arkansas nursing homes across five different dimensions including overall rating, health inspection rating, quality measures rating, overall staffing rating, and RN staffing rating (RN is an acronym for Registered Nurse).

In addition to the 5-Star Rating System, CMS provides numerical metrics that summarize:

• Health Inspection Domain. The health inspection rating is based on the three most recent standard surveys for each nursing home, results from any complaint investigations during the most recent three-year period, and any repeat revisits needed to verify that required corrections have brought the facility back into compliance. CMS calculates a weighted deficiency score based on points assigned to health deficiencies identified in each active provider’s current health inspection survey and the two prior surveys (including revisits), as well as deficiency findings from the most recent three years of complaint investigations. More recent surveys are weighted more heavily than older surveys: the most recent period (cycle 1) is assigned a weighting factor of 1/2, the previous period (cycle 2) has a weighting factor of 1/3, and the second prior survey (cycle 3) has a weighting factor of 1/6. The weighted time period scores are then summed to create the survey score for each facility.
• Staffing Domain. Using multiple reporting methods, CMS calculates the amount of time that the nursing staff spends with residents. This is measured across multiple dimensions, one each for three different levels of nursing, including Registered Nurses (“RNs”), Licensed Practical Nurses (“LPNs”), and Certified Nursing Assistants (“CNAs”), plus one metric that totals all contributions. These metrics are expressed in hours per resident per day. CMS also provides state-level and national averages for the metrics to allow for additional comparisons.
• Quality Measures Domain. A set of quality measures (QMs) has been developed from MDS-based indicators to describe the quality of care provided in nursing homes. These measures address a broad range of functioning and health status in multiple care areas. The facility rating for the QM domain is based on performance on a subset of 11 (out of 18) of the QMs. Ratings for the QM domain are calculated using the three most recent quarters for which data are available. This time period specification was selected to increase the number of assessments available for calculating the QM rating, increasing the stability of estimates and reducing the number of facilities that do not have enough data to report QM ratings.
• Abuse Flag. Abuse is always a concern in skilled nursing facilities. To highlight the issue, CMS has extracted this feature as its own flag. Facilities with an actual abuse event or where the potential for abuse has been shown for the past two years are flagged. The Health Inspection Score is capped at 2-stars for nursing homes that have been flagged for abuse.

Skilled nursing facilities that are new and do not have at least two surveys completed are not rated by CMS. These facilities may have health inspection scores that can be used to evaluate the facility.

One complication in Arkansas nursing home inspections is the COVID-19 pandemic. Although inspections should be performed every 12 months, COVID has decreased this frequency. While CMS admits that only in “rare cases” do these inspections increase to 15 months, our analysis suggests that this time frame may be even longer. This report shows that the time between inspections is now just under 500 days (more than sixteen months). There are now hundreds of skilled nursing homes in the United States that have not been inspected in more than 24 months. This list shows the skilled nursing homes with the longest period since being inspected. According to the CMS data, these homes have not been inspected since 2018!