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Home to Atlanta and Savannah, two iconic cities of the Old South, Georgia is a relatively youthful state. Only 10.7 percent of Georgians are 65 or older. That’s the lowest percentage in the Southeast and the fourth lowest in the nation. But Georgia citizens enjoy some of the cheapest home care and assisted living prices in the country.
Approximate number of facilities:
- Nursing homes: 359
- Assisted living residences: 1,860*
Types of care available:
- Adult day care
- Home care
- Home health-care
- Continuing-care retirement communities
- Assisted living facilities (personal-care homes)
- Nursing homes
Estimated average prices:**
- Adult day care: $62 per day
- Home care: $17 per hour
- Home health-care: $18 per hour
- Assisted living: $2,658 per month
- Nursing home, semi-private room: $164 per day
- Nursing home, private room: $177 per day
State websites for seniors:
Where to report elder abuse:
- In domestic/community care: 1-888-774-0152
- In nursing homes: 1-800-878-6442
Government financial assistance (partial list):
Top-10 largest cities:
- Atlanta
- Augusta-Richmond County
- Columbus
- Savannah
- Athens-Clarke County
- Macon
- Roswell
- Albany
- Marietta
- Warner Robins
Top nursing homes, based on Medicare ratings:***
Adrian
Scott Health & Rehabilitation
Atlanta
Heritage Healthcare of West Atlanta
Reliable Health & Rehab at Lakewood
Sadie G. Mays Health & Rehabilitation Center
Unihealth Post-Acute Care – Brookhaven
Augusta
Stevens Park Health and Rehabilitation Center
Austell
Presbyterian Village
Unihealth Post-Acute Care – Austell
Baldwin
The Oaks at Scenic View
Byromville
Pinehill Nursing Center
Carrollton
Carrollton Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
The Oaks of Carrollton
Cleveland
Friendship Health and Rehabilitation Center
Dalton
Regency Park Health and Rehabilitation
Forsyth
Heritage Healthcare of Monroe
Fort Oglethorpe
Hutcheson Medical Center Subacute Unit
Gainesville
The Oaks at Limestone
Griffin
Brightmoor Health Care
Hiawassee
Chatuge Regional Nursing Home
Jasper
Heritage Healthcare of Jasper
Louisville
Unihealth Post-Acute Care – Old Capitol
Marietta
A.G. Rhodes Home – Cobb
Manor Care Rehabilitation Center – Marietta
Signature Healthcare of Marietta
Milledgeville
Oconee Regional Medical Center Skilled Nursing Unit
Monticello
The Retreat
Moultrie
Unihealth Magnolia Manor South
Newnan
Avalon Health and Rehabilitation
Oconee
Oconee Health and Rehabilitation
Rockmart
Rockmart Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Rome
Fifth Avenue Health Care
Golden LivingCenter – Rome
Sandersville
Heritage Inn of Sandersville Health and Rehab
Savannah
Oaks Health Center at the Marshes of Skidaway Island
Sparta
Sparta Health and Rehabilitation
Springfield
Effingham County Extended Care Facility
Suwanee
The D. Scott Hudgens Center For Skilled Nursing
Talking Rock
Wildwood Health Care
Thomaston
Riverside Health and Rehabilitation
Toomsboro
Heritage Healthcare of Toomsboro
Valdosta
Heritage Healthcare at Crestwood
Heritage Healthcare of Valdosta
*Assisted-living residence numbers are from the Department of Health and Human Services’ 2007 Residential Care and Assisted Living Compendium. According to the National Center for Assisted Living, this is the industry’s only resource for such data. Depending on the state, the number may or may not include small residential-care homes, such as adult foster care.
**Senior-care price estimates are based on the 2011 MetLife Market Survey of Long-Term Care Costs, which reports average rates,and the Genworth 2011 Cost of Care Survey, which reports median rates.
***Medicare rates nursing homes in four categories using a five-star system. These are the nursing homes with five stars in the “Overall” category. The ratings were accessed on Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare site in November or December 2011 and are subject to change. The Medicare ratings system isn’t perfect, so use additional criteria to evaluate nursing homes as well.
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