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Polk County, Arkansas

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County inventory for Polk County, Arkansas is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. Home-health agency signature

2 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Polk County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 1 nursing home - CareScout 2025 Arkansas medians + CMS Five-Star.

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Sheet AR-POLK-ARKANSAS · Polk, AR

NH-ONE · BEDS-FEW · STAR-HIGH · HH-SMALL · RANK-TAIL · PHOTO-NONE · AL-LOW · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-ONE 1 home
  • BEDS-FEW 138 beds
  • STAR-HIGH 5.0★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 2 HH
  • RANK-TAIL #2,631/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-LOW $4,637/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 1/1 NH · 2/2 HH

Stamps lead with home-health agency tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Five-Star county average, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What a dense home-health map shows for Polk County

Home-health coverage is the standout for Polk County: 2 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 1 nursing home and 138 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 5.0/5 on rated homes.

With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 Arkansas medians run assisted living $4,637/mo, semi-private nursing $7,452/mo, private nursing $8,060/mo, home health aide $4,767/mo, adult day $1,647/mo. Verify rates with the named homes below.

Star counts skew stronger here (1 at 5★). Ownership leans For profit - Limited Liability company (100% of 1 homes). Named 4★+ examples include The Green House Cottages of Homewood. Still weigh inspection history, staffing, bed size, and specialty units (dementia, rehab, ventilator) before visiting.

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Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$4,637
Assisted Living / mo
$7,452
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$4,767
Home Care / mo
5.0
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Polk County

1 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
The Green House Cottages of Homewood Mena 5/5 138 For profit - Limited Liability company

Home Health Agencies in Polk County

Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.

Agency City Quality Rating
Elite Home Health Mena 3.5
Visiting Nurses Agency Mena 3.0

Read next for home-health-dense Polk

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Higher-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
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Home-health-dense path: Care-level and cost differences before you shortlist a CMS-certified facility.
Cost calculator for Polk County planning
Home-health-dense path: State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Continue on the Arkansas elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Arkansas state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).

Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Polk County.