Nursing home
Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
516 So Rodney Parham Rd, Little Rock, AR 72205 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Central Arkansas Nursing Centers (39 facilities) · 120 certified beds
Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Little Rock, Arkansas. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.19 hours per resident per day, above the Arkansas average of 4.07. Its most recent inspection on May 15, 2025 cited 4 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center compares
This facility vs. the Arkansas and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Arkansas avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.19 | 4.07 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.14 | 0.40 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.72 | 2.72 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 39.8% | 50.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 4.0 | 4.3 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the May 15, 2025 inspection was corrected by June 14, 2025
What inspectors found at Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · May 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · May 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · May 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Mar 7, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 7, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 7, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 7, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 7, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 7, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 7, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Mar 7, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 516 So Rodney Parham Rd
Little Rock, AR 72205 - CMS certification #
- 045387
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 120
- Avg residents/day
- 94.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2003-09-18
- Chain
- Central Arkansas Nursing Centers (39 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Central Arkansas Nursing Centers
Central Arkansas Nursing Centers operates 39 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Central Arkansas Nursing Centers facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2003
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Respite Care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Your loved one will experience a safe, warm environment and 24 hour nursing care by dedicated and compassionate caregivers.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Residents who come for respite care services enjoy all the amenities provided to our full-time residents, including a private or semi-private room, daily housekeeping and laundry services, daily activities, and daily meals including snacks.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Sep 2, 2003 to May 19, 2005. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $8,421 owed to 50 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (Stites & Morton, Inc.). Case 1396586.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Chi-St Vincent Infirmary, Little Rock. 0.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- The Blossoms at Midtown Rehab & Nursing Center, Little Rock. 0.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Commonspirit Health, Little Rock. 0.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Don's Pharmacy. 1.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 72205 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Central Little Rock Dialysis, Little Rock, 0.8 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Fmcna - East Little Rock, Little Rock, 1.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Davita Little Rock Midtown Dialysis, Little Rock, 1.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 11 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 72205.
Gentiva, office in Little Rock, 2.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Hospice Home Care LLC, office in Little Rock, 3.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Baptist Health Hospice Little Rock, office in Little Rock, 4.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Timothy Simmons, MD, Little Rock. 1.2 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively moderate. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center staffed?
Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center reports 4.19 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Arkansas average of 4.07.
Has Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 4 deficiencies.
How many beds does Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center have?
Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is certified for 120 beds.