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Craighead Nursing Center

5101 Harrisburg Rd, Jonesboro, AR 72404

Certified beds
121
Occupancy
29%
Ownership
Government
Accepts
Medicare + Medicaid

Our read on Craighead Nursing Center

Craighead Nursing Center is county-owned, which matters in Arkansas because government-run homes often operate with different budget pressures than for-profit chains. Five deficiencies on the current record sounds like a lot until you look at severity: none rose to actual harm or jeopardy, and none involved abuse. That's the distinction that separates paperwork problems from safety problems. The last inspection closed out in December 2025, so the picture is current, not stale. What the record doesn't show is the kind of repeat, high-severity citations that tend to follow residents around. For a 121-bed county home, that's a fairly quiet file, the kind you'd want to ask about in person, but not one that raises immediate alarm.

Written from the CMS figures for this home shown further down this page. Nothing here is paid for or supplied by the home.

Staffing, against the national average

Full detail

Hours of nursing care each resident receives per day. The marker on each bar is the national average.

Total nurse hours per resident per dayNot reported
Registered nurse (RN) hoursNot reported

RNs are the licence level most likely to catch a resident deteriorating.

Weekend nurse hoursNot reported

The shift most families visit, and the one thinned first.

Nursing staff turnoverNot reported

The share of nursing staff who left over the last year.

Recent inspection findings

Last standard health inspection: December 5, 2025 (11 months ago). No citations were recorded.

No health-inspection citations on record for this facility in the current CMS release.

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Common questions about Craighead Nursing Center

What is the ElderGrade for Craighead Nursing Center? +

CMS has not published enough data on Craighead Nursing Center for us to grade it honestly, so we have left it ungraded rather than guessing.

How many nursing hours does each resident get at Craighead Nursing Center? +

This facility has not reported staffing hours to CMS in the current data release.

Has Craighead Nursing Center been cited for harming residents? +

No. None of the 0 citations on record were scored at the levels CMS uses to indicate actual harm or immediate jeopardy.

Does Craighead Nursing Center accept Medicaid? +

Yes, Craighead Nursing Center is certified to accept Medicaid, which is the programme that pays for long-term custodial care once a resident meets their state's income and asset limits.