Find the Right Hospice Care in Douglasville, Georgia
About 68 hospices currently serve Douglasville, including 6 nonprofits and 2 with dedicated inpatient facilities. Use this list to compare options and talk with the hospices that feel right for your family. Douglasville is the Douglas County seat in Metro Atlanta, west of Atlanta on I-20. Wellstar Douglas is the hospital here. Families also use Wellstar Cobb in Austell, Grady, or Piedmont Atlanta when the problem started farther east. I-20 is the fast road until it is not, and Chapel Hill, Bankhead Highway, and Bright Star are the local roads that decide a night visit. Lithia Springs is the east side of the county, closer to Cobb. A Douglasville address is not an Austell address and not a Carrollton address. Carroll County and Tanner Medical Center are the next county west. Ask for Douglas County. A Fulton team that covers Atlanta may still turn around before Douglasville after dark. Chapel Hill Road and a west-county house are the visits that run long after the I-20 exits look easy.
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Showing 20 of 68 providers
Southern Grace Hospice and Palliative Care
Mcdonough, GA
(Family Experience)
(80)
Caritas Hospice Care
Dawsonville, GA
(Family Experience)
(20)
Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center
Gainesville, GA
Peaceful Purpose Hospice of Georgia
Eatonton, GA
Adoration Hospice - Newnan
Newnan, GA
Affinis Hospice - Cartersville
Cartersville, 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
Eternal Faith Hospice and Palliative Care - Carrollton
Carrollton, GA
(Family Experience)
(54)
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)
Affinity Hospice - Canton
Canton, GA
(Family Experience)
(12)
Amedisys Hospice - Kennesaw
Kennesaw, GA
Eternal Faith Hospice and Palliative Care - Cartersville
Cartersville, GA
(Family Experience)
(28)
Inspire Hospice and Palliative Care - Newnan
Newnan, GA
(Family Experience)
(34)
Longleaf Hospice
Atlanta, GA
(Family Experience)
(27)
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Every listing here is a Medicare-certified hospice that reports serving Douglasville. 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 Douglasville families
Families in Douglasville 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 Douglasville
Do we have to use the hospice a hospital names in Douglasville?
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 Douglasville?
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 Douglasville?
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 Douglasville?
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.
Is Lithia Springs the same call as Douglasville?
It should be its own call. Lithia Springs is the other Douglas community, and Douglasville is the county seat. Both are Douglas County, which is not the same as being the same route for a nurse. Give the city on the mailbox. Ask whether the team that covers Douglasville also accepts the Lithia Springs ZIP and how long a night visit takes. One county brochure is not both answers.
Why do people split Villa Rica from Douglasville?
Because Villa Rica is not only a Douglas County place. Part of Villa Rica is in Carroll County, and Douglasville is the Douglas County seat. If the patient is in Villa Rica, ask the hospice to name the county for that street before they quote a start time. A Douglasville pattern may fit the Douglas side and miss the Carroll side. Wellstar Douglas is the hospital in Douglasville.
Hospice Care in Douglasville
Finding hospice care in Douglasville
Wellstar Douglas is the hospital Douglasville families usually leave before hospice at home. The staff may offer hospice names. Treat the names as calls you control, and ask who will come to the Douglas County address on your paperwork. Lithia Springs is the other community in Douglas County, not a nickname for Douglasville. Villa Rica sits in both Carroll County and Douglas County, so part of that city is not a Douglasville visit. Ask the hospice to check the county on the ZIP. Then ask how after-hours calls work once you are home from Wellstar Douglas, and whether the nurse is already driving Douglasville or coming from farther east.
What to compare
When you call, ask about:
- Follow-up at home after Wellstar Douglas, with night coverage stated plainly
- Lithia Springs treated as its own Douglas County address
- Which county a Villa Rica street sits in
- Drive time into Douglasville from the rest of metro Atlanta after dark
Where hospice care happens in Douglasville
The usual place for hospice is the Douglasville home or a local facility after you leave Wellstar Douglas. Say if the real stay is Lithia Springs. For Villa Rica, say whether that house is the Douglas County side or the Carroll County side. The county seat’s name does not cover every Douglas address.
Local considerations for Douglasville families
This directory currently lists about 68 Medicare-certified hospices that serve Douglasville. That count is who can come to an address here, not how many offices sit inside one city.
Douglasville is the county seat. People sometimes say Douglas when they mean the county and Douglasville when they mean the city; say both. Lithia Springs has its own identity inside Douglas County. If the patient will be there, do not file that address under Douglasville. Villa Rica is also easy to mis-file: some of it is Carroll County and some of it is Douglas County. A hospice that covers one side may stop at the county line. West metro drives from Atlanta change by the hour. Ask for the night estimate, not the midday one.
The hospital side of Douglasville and the neighborhoods west toward the Carroll line, or south toward the rural part of the county, are different drives once you leave I-20. Lithia Springs has its own page and sits closer to the Cobb hospitals. Villa Rica is Carroll County, with Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica, and people commute through Douglasville without living here. If the patient is going home to Lithia Springs or to a house past the Douglasville exits, say that. Ask whether the nurse is based at Wellstar Douglas or coming from Austell or Atlanta, and what the answer becomes when I-20 is stopped at the river.
When you are comparing, it often helps to:
- Confirm the exact street or ZIP in Douglasville — 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 Douglas 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 Douglasville itself. Nearby cities and Douglas 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 Douglas County, Lithia Springs, Metro Atlanta.