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Here are 221 Nursing Homes in Arkansas

Every Medicare-certified nursing home in Arkansas, graded on inspections, staffing, turnover and enforcement history. 6 homes in the state sit in the federal Special Focus programme.

Homes

221

Certified beds

24,169

Avg CMS stars

3.4/5

Avg staff turnover

50%

Showing 221 to 221 of 221 homes

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Craighead Nursing Center

Jonesboro, AR ยท Craighead County

121 bedsGovernmentMedicaid
Nurse hours
n/a /day
Staff turnover
n/a
Serious cites
0

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.

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