Little Rock Senior AdvisorHow much does senior care cost around Little Rock?
Using CareScout's 2025 Arkansas medians, plan on roughly $4,562 a month for assisted living, $7,452 for a semi-private nursing home room, $4,767 for 44 hours a week of home care and $1,647 for weekday adult day health care; CareScout publishes no Little Rock-only figure and no memory care figure.
Last verified: November 2026| Arkansas care type, 2025 | Annual median | Per month (approx.) | One-year change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assisted living (private one-bedroom) | $54,744 | $4,562 | -3% |
| Home care, non-medical caregiver | $57,200 | $4,767 | -4% |
| Adult day health care | $19,760 | $1,647 | n/a |
| Nursing home, semi-private room | $89,425 | $7,452 | +4% |
| Nursing home, private room | $96,725 | $8,060 | +5% |
CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey, Arkansas results (released March 2, 2026). Monthly, hourly and daily figures are our arithmetic from CareScout's published annual medians (annual / 12; home care annual / 2,288 hours; adult day annual / 260 days; nursing home annual / 365).
Which programs pay for senior care in Arkansas?
Private savings cover most assisted living; Medicare pays only for short skilled nursing stays, home health and hospice; Arkansas Medicaid pays for nursing home care, for help at home through ARChoices and PACE, and for care services in participating Level II assisted living through Living Choices; VA pension with Aid and Attendance helps eligible veterans and surviving spouses.
The planning question that matters most is what happens if the money runs out. A resident of a Level I building or a residential care facility cannot use Living Choices there, so the usual paths are a Level II building that participates, help at home, or a nursing home.
Who gives free benefits help around Little Rock?
CareLink, the Central Arkansas Area Agency on Aging, at (501) 372-5300; DAABHS waiver staff at 1-866-801-3435; Access Arkansas for Medicaid applications at 1-855-372-1084; and accredited veterans service officers for VA claims.
Hospital case managers and nursing home business offices also help with applications every week.
Costs & Paying: every guide
What senior care costs around Little Rock
CareScout's 2025 Arkansas medians for assisted living, nursing homes, home care and adult day care, converted to monthly, daily and hourly figures for central Arkansas families.
Open guide →The Living Choices waiver for central Arkansas families
Arkansas's Living Choices Assisted Living waiver pays for care services in participating Level II assisted living facilities for people 65+ (or 21-64 with a physical disability) at nursing home level of care.
Open guide →ARChoices in Homecare for central Arkansas families
ARChoices in Homecare is Arkansas's Medicaid waiver for in-home services for people 65+ (or 21-64 with a physical disability) at nursing facility level of care, plus Independent Choices self-direction.
Open guide →Qualifying for Arkansas Medicaid long-term care in 2026
2026 Arkansas Medicaid long-term care rules: $2,982 income cap and Qualified Income Trust, $2,000 resource limit, spousal impoverishment standards, home equity limit and the 60-month look-back.
Open guide →VA pension with Aid and Attendance in central Arkansas
VA pension with Aid and Attendance for central Arkansas veterans and surviving spouses: 2025-26 maximum rates, the net worth limit, and how care costs reduce countable income.
Open guide →PACE for Little Rock-area families
PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) in central Arkansas: who qualifies, which counties are served (Pulaski, Saline, Faulkner, Lonoke and more), and how it works.
Open guide →Side by side
| These pages give you | These pages do not give you | |
|---|---|---|
| Prices | Arkansas's 2025 published medians | A Little Rock or memory care median that has never been published |
| Programs | How Living Choices, ARChoices, PACE, Medicare and VA pension work | An eligibility ruling |
| Limits | 2026 income, asset and spousal numbers | Tax or legal advice |
| Planning | Questions to ask and timing | A replacement for an elder law attorney |
