A nurse practitioner's dilemma
Meredith Oyelaran-Shaw spent years helping families choose between big, impersonal buildings and tiny homes with no backup. She wanted a third option.
Our story
How we got here
The people, the place and the promise behind every day of care.
Our story
How one home became three
Creekside House, 2011
The first home opened on a lot along Little Sugar Creek, with ten rooms, one kitchen and a porch facing the trees.
The trail arrives
When the city's trail system reached the creek, residents suddenly had a paved path right out the back door. Morning walks became a habit.
Willow House, 2015
A waiting list led to a second home on the neighboring lot. Sharing a nurse and a float team across two homes worked even better than expected.
Bluestem House, 2019
The third home opened with a couple's suite and the long table that now hosts Sunday supper for all three houses.
Three homes, one family
We have been asked to build a fourth. For now we are staying at three, so every caregiver still knows every resident by name.
- 3homes, ten residents in each
- 2011the year the first home opened
- 4:1residents to caregivers by day
- 1trail out the back door along the creek
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Benton County Readers' Choice · Best Senior Care (sample)
- Bentonville Chamber · Small Business Award (sample)
- Family survey · 99% would recommend (sample)
- Licensed residential care facilities · Arkansas
Come walk the creek with us.
Tours visit all three homes and take about ninety minutes. Call or text, or pick a time below.