Find the Right Hospice Care in Acworth, Georgia
About 92 hospices currently serve Acworth, including 9 nonprofits and 5 with dedicated inpatient facilities. Use this list to compare options and talk with the hospices that feel right for your family. Acworth is a Cobb County city in Metro Atlanta, on the north end of the county at Lake Allatoona. There is no hospital in Acworth. Wellstar Kennestone in Marietta is the Cobb campus families use. Piedmont Cartersville is in Bartow County, just north. Kennesaw is the city between Acworth and Marietta. A lake house, a house off Main Street, and a subdivision toward the Bartow line are different nights. Acworth is Cobb until the deed says Bartow. Ask for the county. A Cartersville team and a Marietta team are not the same answer for this driveway. A cove on Allatoona is not an I-75 exit and not a Cartersville driveway until you ask. Ask how long a nurse takes to reach that Acworth address after dark, not how long the drive to the hospital looked in the daytime. Open the tighter city or county page that matches the driveway before anyone enrolls.
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Showing 20 of 92 providers
Georgia Hospice Care - Gainesville
Gainesville, GA
(Family Experience)
(1)
Southern Grace Hospice and Palliative Care
Mcdonough, GA
(Family Experience)
(80)
Bristol Hospice - East Georgia
Watkinsville, GA
Caritas Hospice Care
Dawsonville, GA
(Family Experience)
(20)
Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center
Gainesville, GA
Community Hospice
Vidalia, GA
(Family Experience)
(28)
Affinis Hospice - Cartersville
Cartersville, GA
Georgia Mountain Hospice
Jasper, GA
Adoration Hospice - McDonough
Mcdonough, GA
Hospice Care - A Part of Tanner
Carrollton, GA
The Weinstein Hospice
Atlanta, GA
(Family Experience)
(0)
Trinity Hospice Care of Georgia
Acworth, GA
Guiding Light Hospice
Stockbridge, GA
Lotus Blossom Hospice and Palliative Care
Sandy Springs, GA
(Family Experience)
(0)
Capstone Hospice
Peachtree Corners, GA
(Family Experience)
(109)
Wellstar Community Hospice
Austell, GA
(Family Experience)
(16)
Georgia Hospice Care - Acworth
Acworth, GA
(Family Experience)
(0)
Affinity Hospice - Canton
Canton, GA
(Family Experience)
(12)
Agape Hospice Care of Cherokee County
Woodstock, GA
Amedisys Hospice - Kennesaw
Kennesaw, GA
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Every listing here is a Medicare-certified hospice that reports serving Acworth. The office might be elsewhere in Georgia — that is common. When you call, share your loved one’s address so the team can confirm they can come to you. FindHospices.com is free for families.
Other important resources for Acworth families
Families in Acworth often discover that choosing a hospice is only one part of the journey. Questions about funeral arrangements, cremation, estate planning, elder law, probate, advance directives, veterans’ benefits, and other important decisions frequently arise at the same time.
Placements are limited and selective — we review applications and only accept organizations that meet our standards for this section. Listings are paid advertising, not recommendations or endorsements. Families review the information and choose professionals for themselves.
Frequently Asked Questions About Hospices in Acworth
Do we have to use the hospice a hospital names in Acworth?
No. A hospital or physician can share names they work with often. You may still compare any Medicare-certified hospice that will come to the patient’s address. Calling for information does not enroll you.
Should we contact more than one hospice about Acworth?
Yes. Compare who covers the exact address, how soon a nurse can get there, and who answers after hours. A referral is a starting point, not a requirement to use one brand.
Can hospice care be provided at home in Acworth?
Yes. Most hospice care happens where the patient already lives — a house or apartment, or assisted living, memory care, or a nursing facility. Ask the team to confirm that specific address, not only the city or county name.
How quickly can hospice start in Acworth?
When hospice is medically appropriate, many teams begin within about 24–48 hours, and some can start the same day when staffing allows. Ask who comes first and how a night call is handled. Then verify by phone.
Which hospital is actually in Acworth?
None. Acworth does not have a hospital in the city. Wellstar Kennestone is in Marietta, still in Cobb County. Wellstar Paulding is in Hiram, which is Paulding County, not Acworth. Families are often discharged from one of those campuses and then drive back to the lake. Ask the hospice whether it visits the Acworth address, not merely whether it knows the hospital that sent you home.
Does living on Lake Acworth mean the county might be Paulding or Bartow?
Acworth itself is Cobb County, set toward Paulding and Bartow, where errands and relatives often are. A house that has actually crossed into Paulding or Bartow is a different referral from a Cobb street in Acworth. Ask the agency to confirm Cobb for your address. Ask again if the driveway is past the county line. Lake traffic after dark is a fair question either way.
Hospice Care in Acworth
Finding hospice care in Acworth
Wellstar Kennestone is in Marietta. Wellstar Paulding is in Hiram, in Paulding County, not in Acworth. Either campus can mention hospice. Neither one assigns it. Ask whether a Medicare-certified hospice covers Acworth streets in Cobb after dark, and whether that coverage stops before the Paulding line or the Bartow line. Lake traffic changes drive times once the day is over. Ask who is on call, where they start, and what the first home visit includes. Say Cobb for an Acworth address in Cobb. Comparing teams does not enroll you.
What to compare
When you call, ask about:
- Acworth is in Cobb County on Lake Acworth, toward Paulding and Bartow
- No hospital stands in Acworth
- Wellstar Kennestone is in Marietta, and Wellstar Paulding is in Hiram
- Ask whether the team covers your Cobb street, not the neighboring county
Where hospice care happens in Acworth
Set up hospice at the Acworth home. A short inpatient stay is for a symptom crisis, not a nursing-home move. Ask whether that bed would be near Kennestone in Marietta or near Wellstar Paulding in Hiram, and how long an evening drive takes to your side of the lake.
Local considerations for Acworth families
This directory currently lists about 92 Medicare-certified hospices that serve Acworth. That count is who can come to an address here, not how many offices sit inside one city.
Lake Acworth gives the city a shape Marietta does not have. Errands run west and north into Paulding and Bartow as easily as they run back toward the rest of Cobb. That geography fools intake forms. If someone calls the Hiram hospital the Acworth hospital, correct it: Wellstar Paulding is in Hiram. Kennestone is Marietta. The question is which team will drive to the Cobb address, not which campus handled the admission. A neighbor across the county line needs a different ask.
Allatoona’s roads take longer after dark than the I-75 exits. The north side of Acworth starts to feel like Cartersville, and that hospital is Bartow, not Cobb. If the home is in Cartersville, Kennesaw, or Woodstock, open that city. Woodstock is Cherokee. Do not let the lake or I-75 merge those three counties. Ask whether the nurse comes from Kennestone or from Piedmont Cartersville, and how long a cove address takes compared with a house near the Acworth exits. Cobb County is the wider page when the city limits are unclear.
When you are comparing, it often helps to:
- Confirm the exact street or ZIP in Acworth — a city or region name on a brochure is not coverage
- Ask how long a nurse typically takes to reach that address after hours
- Clarify assisted-living or nursing-facility relationships if care would start in a building
- Open the Cobb County page when the home sits outside the city limits
- Use the Metro Atlanta hub only to scan, then come back to the patient’s city or county
This page is focused on Acworth itself. Nearby cities and Cobb County can help if your family is looking across more than one community.
Where to start
Use the patient’s exact address, then open a tighter page if the home is in Cobb County, Mableton, Marietta, Smyrna, Metro Atlanta.