Walnut Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

    1500 W Main St, Walnut Ridge, AR 72476
    • Skilled Nursing
    3.7ยท18 reviews

    Loving Alzheimer's care with rehab

    I placed my mother in the women-only wing and we're very pleased - Medicare-approved nurses and two caregivers per hall offered loving, gentle, personalized care in the Alzheimer's/dementia unit and the cottages. She liked the food, received effective rehab (gained strength and is walking unaided), and the staff were kind, knowledgeable and attentive. I'm grateful to the team and would highly recommend this facility.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.67ยท(18)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      3.3
    • Staff

      2.8
    • Meals

      4.0
    • Amenities

      3.0
    • Value

      3.7

    Pros

    • Caring, attentive nursing and direct-care staff
    • Personalized, dementia-aware care and gentle handling
    • Specialized Alzheimer's/dementia care wing
    • Effective short-term rehabilitation and therapy outcomes
    • Private cottage accommodations with homelike environment
    • Medicare-approved services
    • Palatable meal options
    • Knowledgeable therapy staff
    • Women-only wing

    Cons

    • Inconsistent responsiveness and front-desk communication
    • Staff conduct and communication tone
    • Inconsistent clinical-assessment and training practices
    • Worn physical environment and outdated furnishings
    • Gaps in resident privacy and property-management protocols
    • Institutional, impersonal atmosphere in some units
    • Weak family communication and customer-service processes
    • Unreliable phone and administrative responsiveness

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews present a mixed but distinct pattern: many reviewers praise the direct-care staff and rehabilitation services, while others raise concerns about administration, communication, and the facilityโ€™s physical condition. Strengths cluster around hands-on caregiving and therapy outcomes, whereas weaknesses cluster around organizational and environmental factors that affect daily experience and family communication.

    Care and staff: Multiple accounts emphasize compassionate, attentive caregivers and effective therapy teams. Several families and former residents described meaningful rehabilitation gains and staff who provide personalized attentionโ€”particularly in the facilityโ€™s dementia unit and cottage settings. At the same time, there are recurring concerns about inconsistent clinical-assessment practices and uneven training among nursing personnel. Reviewers describe both highly competent, knowledgeable staff and instances where responsiveness or professional tone was lacking; this suggests variability across units or shifts rather than uniformly excellent or poor clinical care.

    Dining and activities: Dining receives generally positive remarks about food quality and palatability. There is limited specific information about activities programming beyond the cottage environment being described as homelike and supportive. Prospective residents interested in short-term rehabilitation or memory-care should find the therapy and dining offerings reassuring, though families may wish to ask for current activity schedules and menu options during a tour.

    Facilities and privacy: Physical-condition concerns appear repeatedly. Descriptions point to worn or outdated furnishings and an environment that some described as institutional in certain areas. Privacy and property-management issues were raisedโ€”specifically, room reassignment and access to residentsโ€™ belongingsโ€”indicating gaps in protocols for resident privacy and secure storage. The presence of private cottages and a dedicated dementia wing are positive counterpoints, but the overall environment seems uneven across the campus.

    Management and communication: Administrative interaction and front-desk responsiveness are frequent themes. Some reviewers report helpful, compassionate management and reception staff, while others describe unfriendly or unresponsive reception, unreliable phone contact, and poor customer-service interactions. These operational weaknesses have a direct impact on family satisfaction and perception of oversight. Additionally, concerns about the tone of staff communication and occasional gaps in clinical testing or documentation suggest areas where policy reinforcement and staff training could improve consistency.

    Notable patterns and decision points: The facility shows clear strengths in person-centered dementia care, therapy effectiveness, and some homelike cottage offerings. However, variability in administrative responsiveness, communication tone, facility upkeep, and privacy protocols are important considerations. Families and prospective residents should verify current staffing patterns, ask about clinical-assessment protocols and staff training, inspect living units for maintenance, and test phone/communication responsiveness during a visit. These targeted inquiries will help determine whether the facilityโ€™s strong caregiving elements align with acceptable operational consistency for a particular residentโ€™s needs.

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    Medicare Ratings

    5ยท/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

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    Walnut Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is located at 1500 W Main St, Walnut Ridge, AR, 72476.

    About Walnut Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

    Walnut Ridge Nursing And Rehabilitation Center sits at 1500 West Main Street in Walnut Ridge and offers housing, skilled nursing care, and assisted living to up to 119 seniors, with staff available around the clock. There's help with daily needs like bathing, dressing, medications, and regular meals are served in a shared dining space for everyone to enjoy together, which also helps folks connect with each other. Meals can be made to order, with a state-of-the-art kitchen and a full-time chef who pays attention to dietary needs and personal schedules, and people can eat alone or with others. There are cottage-style homes, part of the Green Houseยฎ Cottage model, each holding 12 private units with each elder getting a private room and a private bathroom, plus a full kitchen and a living space in every cottage, so residents can feel more at home, and the layout lets the same staff care for the same residents, which helps build familiar, trusting relationships over time. Rooms come climate-controlled, with hospital-grade beds, ample storage, cable TV, Wi-Fi, and walk-in showers with handrails, and there's steady assistance and safety features when needed.

    The facility handles long-term care, short-term rehab, respite stays, hospice care, and has a focus on skilled nursing, with licensed professionals, nurses, and a multidisciplinary medical team on site at all hours to provide care and supervision. Therapy services include physical, speech, occupational, neuro-rehabilitation, stroke recovery, wound care, and respiratory therapy, with lab and X-ray services available, and the place also offers things like IV antibiotics, dentistry, eye care, and podiatry right there on the grounds. They also help residents get to appointments or out shopping, since transportation services are included, and staff can help manage medications and daily movement needs, including assistive equipment if someone requires it.

    Residents get daily housekeeping, laundry service, and have access to spa and beauty shop services, a library, fireside living room spots, patios, fenced-in yards, and places for family visits, all with security measures in place, creating a space that feels safe but still welcoming. Regular recreational and social activities, arts and crafts, gardening, cooking, baking, pet therapy, exercise classes, brain games, puzzles, discussion groups, bingo, religious services, music therapy, and social events happen often, encouraging folks to stay active and connected. The entire setup tries to emphasize privacy, dignity, and giving folks as much autonomy as possible, with each care plan built around individual needs and choices.

    The facility has a history of a B grade rating and a long-term care quality rating of A-, and accepts both Medicare and Medicaid. Registered nurses and therapists are allocated daily to meet patient needs as required by licensing, which is overseen by the Arkansas Department of Human Services, and Walnut Ridge follows standards set by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Folks can join in resident and family councils, and visitation areas let families stay involved. All these features come together to help elders live a life that feels familiar, comfortable, and as independent as possible, with the support needed close at hand.

    People often ask...

    Walnut Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center offers skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 1500 W Main St, Walnut Ridge, AR 72476.

    No, Walnut Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

    Safety & Compliance

    In Arkansas, the Department of Human Services' Office of Long Term Care (OLTC) licenses assisted living facilities and inspects them for compliance, recording the deficiencies cited during its annual, complaint, and monitoring visits.

    License numberwalnut-ridge-nursing-and-rehabilitation-center
    Facility typeSkilled Nursing Facility with Dual Certified Beds (medicaid / Medicare)
    Capacity119 residents
    LicenseeSuzann Wilson

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