Little Rock Senior AdvisorSaline Senior Living Communities is an Arkansas assisted living facility in Bryant with 100 licensed Level II beds, according to the Arkansas Health Services Permit Agency's July 2026 Bed Need Book.
What does Level II licensure mean at Saline Senior Living Communities?
As a Level II building, Saline Senior Living Communities can keep residents whose needs reach nursing home level of care, can have licensed nursing staff give medications, and must have a registered nurse on staff or under contract.
| Bed Need Book field | Value |
|---|---|
| License type | Assisted living facility, Level II |
| Licensed beds | 100 |
| Approved, not yet licensed | None listed |
| County | Saline County |
| Town | Bryant (named in the source) |
| Permit-of-approval file | 951 |
| History noted by the state | Formerly Mt. Carmel Community, Bryant (August 28, 2008); file 1427 added 20 beds |
| Medicaid Living Choices eligible setting | Possible (Level II); ask whether it participates |
What Level II does not change is the hard limit in the rules: a resident who needs round-the-clock nursing, becomes bedridden or cannot be evacuated with the staff on hand has to move.
Where does Saline Senior Living Communities rank by size in Saline County?
With 100 licensed beds, Saline Senior Living Communities is the number 3 of 6 assisted living facilities in Saline County by bed count and holds about 19% of the county's 527 licensed assisted living beds; across the six-county metro it ranks 7 of 31.
The buildings just above and below Saline Senior Living Communities by licensed beds:
| Facility | License type | Licensed beds | Town | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookdale Conway Formerly Emeritus at Trillium Park, Conway; licensed December 5, 2007 | Level I | 100 | Conway | Faulkner |
| Ridgemere Formerly Arabella of Conway; the Permit Commission approved 24 beds March 18, 2021 | Level II | 100 | Conway | Faulkner |
| Brookdale Chenal Heights Formerly Emeritus at Chenal Heights; licensed September 25, 2007 | Level II | 98 | Little Rock | Pulaski |
| The Manor Formerly The Commons at Bowman; file 1424 added 15 beds | Level II | 90 | not listed | Pulaski |
The metro median is 75 beds. Bigger buildings tend to offer more activities and dining choices; smaller ones can feel more like a household. Neither is better by itself.
Has Saline Senior Living Communities changed names or added beds?
The state's record for Saline Senior Living Communities notes: Formerly Mt. Carmel Community, Bryant (August 28, 2008); file 1427 added 20 beds.
Name changes in the record generally follow sales or management changes. On a visit, ask when the current operator took over and whether rates, staffing or policies changed with it.
The permit history shows added or approved beds. New construction can mean newer apartments, but also a building still filling its staff roster, so ask about turnover and agency staffing.
Is assisted living near Saline Senior Living Communities in short supply?
State planners count 527 assisted living and residential care beds in Saline County today and project need for 858 by 2031, so Saline Senior Living Communities sits in a county where supply trails projected demand.
What hospital would a resident of Saline Senior Living Communities use?
Saline Senior Living Communities is in Bryant, Saline County; measured from the town's center, the closest acute-care hospital in CMS's data is Arkansas Heart Hospital Encore (Bryant) in Bryant, in the same town.
Next is Saline Memorial Hospital, about 5.3 miles off. Because the state's record has no street address, treat these as rough straight-line figures and ask Saline Senior Living Communities where its residents usually go for emergencies.
Does Saline Senior Living Communities take Living Choices?
Possibly: as a Level II building, Saline Senior Living Communities is the kind of setting where Arkansas's Living Choices Assisted Living waiver can pay for care services for an eligible resident, but only if the building participates, and the waiver never pays rent or meals.
What questions fit Saline Senior Living Communities specifically?
Bring these to the visit: ask whether Saline Senior Living Communities has an Alzheimer's special care unit; if it does, Arkansas requires a written disclosure statement describing the unit's care before admission.
- Ask who the registered nurse is, how many hours a week the RN is in the building, and how many aides and licensed nurses work each shift, especially overnight.
- Ask how long today's management company has run the building.
- Ask to see Saline Senior Living Communities's most recent Office of Long Term Care survey and plan of correction.
