Georgia Elderly & Nursing Home Care Centers

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:

• Georgia.gov information for seniors
• Healthcare Facility Regulation Division
• Georgia health-care facility regulation rules (PDF download)

 

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):

• Medicaid
• GeorgiaCares

 

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.