Pine Bluff Assisted Living

Pine Bluff assisted living options combine affordable costs with a southern agricultural landscape, diverse cultural opportunities, and ample recreation. Pine Bluff is located in the southeastern part of Arkansas and contains just under 50,000 residents. The city is part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff combined statistical area, which has a population of over 860,000. To find a Pine Bluff assisted living facility, the complete directory of the city’s services at AssistedSeniorLiving.net can help seniors and their loved ones search for the best living arrangements for their needs. Pine Bluff is less than an hour drive away from Little Rock and is known for its many streams, creeks and bayous, which offer tons of water-related recreation.

Pine Bluff senior residents will find the both the cost of care and cost of living to be very reasonable. Both ALF and nursing home costs fall well under the national average. For a private bedroom in an assisted living facility Pine Bluff seniors will pay $2,150 per month. Semi-private and private rooms in nursing homes cost $4,045 and $4,502 per month, respectively. Homemaker services and home health aide both have monthly costs of $3,421. The city’s cost of living is very low; 81.3 as rated by the March 2012 cost of living index that pegs the U.S. average to 100. The area is not, however, the most safe. Crime levels are more than double the national average. The city’s primary health facility is Jefferson Regional Medical Center and there are three senior citizens centers in the city, including the Area Agency on Aging of Southeast Arkansas, Inc. The agency focuses on bringing health, transportation, and care aid to seniors and their families.

Some cultural points of interest that will enrich senior citizens lives are the Arts and Science Center, downtown Pine Bluff historical murals, the Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Historical Museum, Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame, and the Arkansas Railroad Museum. The city plays host to many annual festivals like the Harbor City Gumbo Festival, Smoke on the Water Barbecue Festival, Boo on the Bayou Halloween Celebration, and Enchanted Land of Lights and Legends.

For senior fishing enthusiasts, Pine Bluff is an excellent city because it is known as the “Bass Capital of the World”. There are 30-35 bass fishing tournaments held each year, and Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Regional Park is one of the best spots for fishing in the country. Other water sports such as boating and canoeing can be done on Lake Langhofer, Lake Pine Bluff, and Yellow Lake. There are dozens of smaller lakes, bayous, and bodies of water in the surrounding area. To the east there is also the Bayou Meto State Game Area for outdoors exploration. Golf is represented in the city at Pine Bluff Country Club.

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