Little Rock Senior AdvisorAmberwood Health and Rehabilitation is a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home with 101 certified beds at 6420 Alcoa Road, Benton (Saline County), CMS certification number 045464. Amberwood Health and Rehabilitation holds a CMS overall rating of 5 of 5 stars in CMS Care Compare data dated October 1, 2026.
How does CMS rate Amberwood Health and Rehabilitation in Benton, Arkansas?
Amberwood Health and Rehabilitation holds a CMS overall rating of 5 of 5 stars, with 5 for health inspections, 2 for staffing and 5 for quality measures on CMS's five-star scale.
| CMS measure | Value |
|---|---|
| CMS overall | 5 of 5 |
| CMS health inspections | 5 of 5 |
| CMS staffing | 2 of 5 |
| CMS quality measures | 5 of 5 |
| Certified beds / residents on an average day | 101 / 94.8 |
| Ownership (CMS) | For profit - Corporation |
| Chain (CMS) | Anthony & Bryan Adams, 38 facilities |
| Medicare/Medicaid certification since | October 3, 2017 |
| Phone (CMS) | (501) 778-5401 |
About 95 residents live here on a typical day, filling roughly 94% of certified beds, higher than the 75% midpoint for central Arkansas nursing homes.
What do Amberwood Health and Rehabilitation's recent inspections show?
Surveyors from the Office of Long Term Care, working for CMS, last completed Amberwood Health and Rehabilitation's standard health survey on January 15, 2026, and the cycle shows 0 health deficiencies: 0 standard and 0 complaint-driven.
The cycle before that (survey date November 14, 2024) logged 4 deficiencies, and infection-control inspections added 0 citations. The central Arkansas median for the latest cycle is 2, which puts Amberwood Health and Rehabilitation at or under the regional middle.
CMS shows no fines and 0 payment denials in its three-year penalty window.
Does Amberwood Health and Rehabilitation have enough nursing staff?
Amberwood Health and Rehabilitation reports 3.71 total nurse hours per resident day to CMS, lower than the central Arkansas median of 4.05, and 0.22 RN hours, lower than the central Arkansas median of 0.33.
On weekends the total falls to 3.04 hours per resident per day. Nursing staff turnover is 62.5% (higher than the central Arkansas median of 56.6%), with registered-nurse turnover at 57.1%. CMS counts 0 administrator departures in its measurement period.
How does Amberwood Health and Rehabilitation stack up against nearby homes?
At 101 certified beds it is smaller than the Saline County median of 118. The nearest other certified home is Alcoa Pines Health and Rehabilitation in Benton, about 1.4 miles away as the crow flies, which CMS rates 3 of 5.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed beds | CMS overall rating | Last CMS health inspection | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcoa Pines Health and Rehabilitation 3300 Alcoa Road, 72015 | 1.4 | 120 | 3 of 5 | May 30, 2025 | 3 |
| Evergreen Living Center at Stagecoach 6907 Highway 5 North, 72022 | 2.7 | 116 | 4 of 5 | June 4, 2026 | 2 |
| Southern Trace Rehabilitation and Care Center 22515 I 30, 72022 | 3.3 | 116 | 3 of 5 | August 21, 2025 | 1 |
| Heartland Rehabilitation and Care Center 19701 Interstate 30, 72015 | 3.7 | 140 | 5 of 5 | July 31, 2025 | 1 |
| Arkansas Health Center 6701 Hwy 67, 72015 | 6.4 | 290 | 5 of 5 | May 15, 2025 | 0 |
What else is near Amberwood Health and Rehabilitation in Benton?
Amberwood Health and Rehabilitation is in Benton, Saline County, and Saline Memorial Hospital is the closest acute-care hospital in CMS's hospital file, about 2.4 miles away by straight line.
Second closest is Arkansas Heart Hospital Encore (Bryant), about 2.9 miles off; distances run from the home's CMS coordinates to the hospital's town center, not along roads.
Federal certification rules require an emergency plan with shelter-in-place and evacuation procedures and backup power arrangements. In central Arkansas that plan is tested by tornado warnings, ice storms and summer heat, so ask how the building handles each.
What should families ask Amberwood Health and Rehabilitation on a visit?
Let the public record set the agenda: ask for the full statement of deficiencies behind the 0 deficiencies recorded on January 15, 2026, even if the count is low.
- Turnover of 62.5% runs above the regional median; ask what share of aides on each shift come from agencies.
- With occupancy near 94%, ask about the waiting list and whether rehab beds are kept separate.
- CMS lists a resident council; ask when it meets and how families take part.
- If Arkansas Medicaid will pay later, confirm Amberwood Health and Rehabilitation keeps Medicaid long-stay beds and ask how the resident's monthly personal needs allowance is handled.
