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Bathing, dressing and grooming
Private, unhurried and at the hour you choose.
Care level
Assisted living · Hot Springs, Arkansas
This town has always known how to heal.
Sixty-four apartments in the pines above Lake Hamilton, a warm-water pool kept at ninety-two degrees, and the help you need to keep doing the things you love.
- 1998caring for Garland County
- 64private apartments
- 92°warm-water therapy pool
The idea
People came here for the water. Now they stay for the company.
For a hundred and fifty years people have come to Hot Springs to soak, walk and get their strength back. We built Ouachita Springs in 1998 on that same idea: warm water, fresh air, good food and enough help that nobody has to struggle alone.
The help is the serious part. A licensed nurse oversees every care plan and medication. Caregivers are awake all night. But most days here look like this: a slow swim before breakfast, a walk on the trail, lunch on the porch and an argument about the crossword.
— Hollis Grantham, executive director
- 1998caring for Garland County
- 64private apartments
- 92°warm-water therapy pool
- 3 milesof paved trail through the pines
What sets us apart
Where we shine
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Warm-water pool, kept at 92°
Open swim, water walking and a gentle aquatics class three mornings a week.
Daily
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Three meals a day, plus porch lunches
Seasonal menus, special diets followed and trout from the lake on Fridays.
IncludedPhoto tour
Pictures from the hill
Our team
The people
Hollis Grantham
Executive Director
Hollis grew up on Lake Hamilton and spent fifteen years managing a hotel downtown before he came to Ouachita Springs in 2012. He still greets every new resident at the door.
Danielle Okoro, RN
Wellness Director
Danielle writes and reviews every care plan and runs our medication program. She came to us from a cardiac unit in Little Rock.
Lena Whitfield
Life Enrichment Director
Lena plans the trips, the pool classes and the lecture nights, and she is the one who talked the marina into an accessible pontoon ramp.
Andrés Molina
Executive Chef
Andrés trained in Dallas restaurant kitchens and cooks from scratch here. He keeps a running list of every resident's favorite dessert.
Margo Ellison
Admissions Coordinator
Margo helps families through the first call, the tour, the paperwork and moving day, and checks in again after the first week.
Sample family reviews
In their words
Daddy has bad knees and hadn't walked a block in two years. Six weeks of water walking in that pool and he's doing the first mile of the trail.
Mother wanted to live in Hot Springs her whole life. She finally does, and she has a better view than we do.
Danielle noticed my mother's blood pressure creeping up and called her doctor the same afternoon. They adjusted one pill and she's been fine since.
I swim every morning at seven. At eighty-eight. Put that on your website.
The pontoon ride was the first time Dad had been on the lake since he sold his boat. He talked about it for a month.
They were honest with us about cost from the first phone call. That mattered more than the pool, and the pool is very nice.
For families
For families
The practical things, so a visit can just be a visit.
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Come any time
Sign in at the front desk. Guest meals are a few dollars, and the porch is first come, first served.
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Hear from us
Danielle calls after every care-plan review and any time something changes. Most families also get a monthly photo email.
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Care conferences
Sit down with the nurse and the director at move-in, after thirty days and whenever you ask.
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Mail, laundry and labels
Mail goes to the apartment daily. Label clothing with a name and we'll launder it on site.
Work with us
Paid training, steady schedules and the best break room view in Garland County.
Visit
Up Sleepy Valley, above the lake
- 410 Sleepy Valley Road
Hot Springs, AR
Park in the visitor lot beside the pool house. A covered walkway leads to the main lobby. - (501) 555-0186
- Text us
- welcome@ouachitasprings.example
- Ouachita Springs Assisted Living
Tour & office hours
- Tours, Mon – Sat9a – 5p
- Pool open to residents7a – 7p
- Office, Mon – Fri8a – 5p
- Families visitAny time
Grandchildren are welcome in the pool with a grown-up on Saturday afternoons.
Come for a swim. Stay for lunch.
Call or text Hollis to plan a visit. Guests can try the pool on any tour.