The Best Nursing Home Communities in Garland County, AR

"It is rather heartbreaking to have to make the decision to place your loved one in a nursing home, The staff at Lakewood was extremely welcoming and helpful with regard to information about the facility. Tamara G and Kylee H went above and beyond to get our relative transferred from the hospital in Benton and get her belongings situated. The staff was kind and interested in getting her moved to her room. We feel so relieved that she is in a safe place where her needs can be addressed"

"My mom moved into Quapaw Care and Rehabilitation Center. They've been really good. They are doing a great job. I like their patience with my mother and the way they take care of her and joke with her. They make it an easier experience. The staff members are very nice, friendly, caring, and loving. I've seen the food, and it looks great. The facility is very clean. It's an older building, but it's a very nice facility. There are gardens out there, and it looks like people are growing vegetables and other things, so it's nice."

"Lake Hamilton is a facility that would be perfect for somebody who is going to rehab. It's a beautiful facility. "

"I live in Hot Springs Village, so I am aware of Good Samaritan Society. I have many friends there. They have studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom apartments. The food was very good, and the dining room was very nice. I know that they lock the building, and you probably have to have a card or a password to get in. I think it was fine just the way it is. "

"My mother-in-law moved into Arbor Oaks, and it's been very good. It's very professional, it's very clean, and the staff is very caring. We've had other family members there, and it's the staff that really makes the place. It's an older place, but it's well maintained. It was built in the sixties. They have an activity board. They have a morning and an afternoon activity at least five days a week, and they have something on the weekends. They've been keeping my mother-in-law busy, and it's a really good fit for her."

"Malvern Nursing & Rehab is a very clean and friendly environment. They have recently built a new building and are now called Encore. The residents are in love with their new home and are excited to be here. Staff is incredible! My family member loves it here. It doesn't look or feel like a nursing home. "

"The rooms are smaller, but always clean, the staff are friendly, attentive and responded to my friend's needs w/in a reasonable amount of time, and there were always activities available for all the residents to participate in (if they so desired). There are different options available such as private rooms, a large dining area and a smaller dining area but my friend likes to eat in his room because the larger dining area can get a little noisy, the food is better than hospital food and they serve a variety of entrees. The occasionally have outings for the residents to go out to pizza restaurants together (if they are not restricted due to health concerns). My friend has been living here for 4 (+) years and says he wouldn't want to transfer to any other facilities because he has formed personal bonds with staff, enjoys the company of his fellow residents and is quite content with this facility. "

"My mother was a patient at Ridgewood for about two months during a therapy stay. She was very happy while she was there, but she did have to work hard in her therapy appointments. That was her only complaint, but she does get around better than before her surgery. The food is good, not great. But, it is better than most places I've been. Lot's of country cooking. Also,the staff is very helpful, but they are busy. The management is very open to listening, and welcome complaints, if you have them- which we did not. The local assisted living wanted us to move in, but my mother could not take of herself. They said she could, but we knew better. I would recommend Ridgewood. You will not be disappointed."

"My dad went to rehab at Amberwood. It was a nice facility as far as look, but I do not care for the people there. I felt like the communication between the employees and the family was very lacking. My dad was in rehab, and they were supposed to have a meeting with the family every two weeks to update us on how well he was doing. They did not set up those meetings. I think I went to one meeting, and he was there three months. Then the biggest issue I had was whenever they said he had progressed to the most he could progress in his rehab, they gave me very, very short notice. I know that your insurance will stop at a certain point too. They tell me on a Friday that he needed to be checked out, and he needed 24-hour care. He lives alone, so when am I going to get that before Monday. In the rehab wing, the rooms are very nice. They are big and you have a room by yourself. They have a nice television, a couch, and a closet for your belongings. Their rooms were very, very nice. The facility was beautiful. My dad did not go very much to the dining area because he was in the rehab area. He had an injury, so he pretty much stayed in his room. They did bring him the food to his room. They have like a big dining area that the nursing home people will go into. They have a very nice gym area for people that were there for rehab (like a rehabilitation area) with all kinds of exercise mats and equipment. They definitely have the nicest one. This was my third one, and they had the nicest facility as far as rehab. He couldn't do a whole lot because he was kind of sick in bed because of his injury, but they had lots of activities. I saw them playing games. They had lots of church services, where a pastor would come on the weekends. They had a beauty salon and a hair place where men get their haircut too. They had a movie night as well. They had one person that was specifically there for activities. They had a good library for people who wanted to read. I tried to put him in assisted living after he left there, and when they called Amberwood they said some ugly things about him. They said he was making comments to some of the nurses. A couple of the other places turned me down because they said they cannot take him in. They made it sound like he was an abuser or a sexual pervert, and that was not true. My dad was a retired policeman. I did have a problem when they were constantly trying to get him to give up his room several times and move over to the nursing home area. I was against that because in the nursing home area you have to share a room. You don't have a room of your own, and you share a room with somebody when you're going to Medicaid or whatever. He was in a lot of pain, and I felt like he needed to be on the rehab part because that was where the gym was. Actually when we first got there, they thought he was going to need nursing home care. They were going to put him in a nursing home, but the hospital had set him up for rehab because they thought he wasn't going to get good enough. Other than that, they are good. They started their day and got out early and did their rehab early."