Find the Right Hospice Care in Buford, Georgia
About 107 hospices currently serve Buford, including 12 nonprofits and 5 with dedicated inpatient facilities. Use this list to compare options and talk with the hospices that feel right for your family. Buford is a city split by the Gwinnett and Hall county line, in Metro Atlanta on this directory’s Gwinnett side and still touching Hall. There is no hospital inside Buford. Northeast Georgia Medical Center is in Gainesville, which is Hall. Northside Hospital Duluth and Northside Gwinnett are the Gwinnett campuses. Lake Lanier and the dam are the geography people mean, and a lake house is a different night from a house off Buford Highway. Ask which county is on the deed before you choose Gainesville or Lawrenceville as the plan. Sugar Hill and Suwanee are the Gwinnett neighbors. Flowery Branch is Hall. Read the county on the deed. Buford hides a Gwinnett and Hall line that changes the hospital. Ask how long a nurse takes to reach that Buford 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 107 providers
Abbey Hospice
Social Circle, GA
(Family Experience)
(39)
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
Georgia Mountain Hospice
Jasper, GA
Affinis Hospice - Vidalia
Vidalia, GA
Agape Hospice Care of Northeast Georgia
Lawrenceville, GA
St. Mary's Hospice Services
Watkinsville, 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
Family Hospice - Gainesville
Gainesville, GA
(Family Experience)
(25)
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)
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Every listing here is a Medicare-certified hospice that reports serving Buford. 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 Buford families
Families in Buford 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.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Hospices in Buford
Do we have to use the hospice a hospital names in Buford?
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 Buford?
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 Buford?
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 Buford?
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.
Does one county cover every Buford address?
No. Buford sits in both Gwinnett County and Hall County, along Lake Lanier. A Gwinnett yes can leave a Hall driveway uncovered, and the reverse is true. No single county covers every Buford address. Ask the agency to look up the street and read the county back before it talks about admitting. The lake is a landmark, not a service area. Get the county in the notes.
Which hospital is the Buford hospital?
There isn't one inside the city. Northeast Georgia Medical Center is in Gainesville, in Hall County. Northside Hospital Duluth is in Duluth, in Gwinnett County. Families use both, depending on which side of Buford they live on and where the doctor sent them. A discharge from either campus does not assign a hospice. Ask whether the team visits your county after dark, not merely whether it knows the hospital.
Hospice Care in Buford
Finding hospice care in Buford
Start with the county on the tax record. Some Buford driveways are Gwinnett. Others are Hall. An agency can be fully set up for one and not the other, and the lake does not erase the line. Northeast Georgia Medical Center is in Gainesville, in Hall. Northside Hospital Duluth is in Duluth, in Gwinnett. Neither campus is a Buford hospital. Ask which campus discharged the patient, then ask whether a Medicare-certified hospice visits the county your house is in, including after dark. If they only answer Buford, make them look up the street. A call does not enroll you.
What to compare
When you call, ask about:
- Buford lies in both Gwinnett County and Hall County, on Lake Lanier
- No single county covers every Buford address
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center is in Gainesville, and Northside Hospital Duluth is in Duluth
- Ask which county the address is in before you enroll
Where hospice care happens in Buford
Care is at the Buford house, on whichever side of the county line the bedroom is on. A short inpatient stay is a symptom crisis, not a nursing-home move. Ask whether a Gainesville-based nurse or a Gwinnett-based nurse covers that side after dark, and which of the two hospitals would hold a crisis bed.
Local considerations for Buford families
This directory currently lists about 107 Medicare-certified hospices that serve Buford. That count is who can come to an address here, not how many offices sit inside one city.
Lake Lanier is the landmark residents share, and it tempts every form to treat Buford as one territory. It is one city name across two counties. Gainesville pulls many Hall County addresses toward Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Duluth and the rest of Gwinnett pull other streets toward Northside Hospital Duluth. Schools and marinas do not settle the question. No single county page fits every Buford mailbox. Read the county aloud. If you are unsure, say so, let the agency check, and make them tell you what they found.
The Hall County side of Buford belongs in a Gainesville and NGMC conversation. The Gwinnett side belongs with Duluth, Sugar Hill, or Lawrenceville. Those are different hospitals. If you do not know the county, look at the deed or the tax bill before you enroll. A team that covers Northside Gwinnett may not be the team that covers a Hall County cove on the lake. Ask how long a night visit takes once you leave I-985 or I-85, and open Gainesville or Sugar Hill when that is the actual city. Buford is the name that hides the county line.
When you are comparing, it often helps to:
- Confirm the exact street or ZIP in Buford — 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 Gwinnett 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 Buford itself. Nearby cities and Gwinnett 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 Gwinnett County, Peachtree Corners, Duluth, Lawrenceville, Metro Atlanta.