Find the Right Hospice Care in Forest Park, Georgia
About 85 hospices currently serve Forest Park, including 6 nonprofits and 6 with dedicated inpatient facilities. Use this list to compare options and talk with the hospices that feel right for your family. Forest Park is a Clayton County city in Metro Atlanta, next to the airport and the Fulton line. There is no hospital in Forest Park. Southern Regional Medical Center is in Riverdale, the Clayton campus families use. Grady and the Atlanta hospitals are north, in Fulton. Old Dixie, Forest Parkway, and I-75 split the nights. A Forest Park address is Clayton, not Fulton and not Atlanta. Jonesboro is the county seat, farther south, and it does not have the hospital. Ask for Clayton County. A Fulton team that covers East Point may still stop at the county line. Old Dixie and the airport roads are not the Riverdale hospital door and not an East Point street. Ask how long a nurse takes to reach that Forest Park 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 85 providers
Abbey Hospice
Social Circle, GA
(Family Experience)
(39)
Hospice of the Golden Isles
Brunswick, GA
(Family Experience)
(30)
Southern Grace Hospice and Palliative Care
Mcdonough, GA
(Family Experience)
(80)
The Lighthouse Community Hospice
Mcdonough, GA
(Family Experience)
(28)
Caritas Hospice Care
Dawsonville, GA
(Family Experience)
(20)
Columbus Hospice
Columbus, GA
(Family Experience)
(84)
Peaceful Purpose Hospice of Georgia
Eatonton, GA
Brightmoor Hospice
Griffin, GA
(Family Experience)
(96)
Adoration Hospice - Newnan
Newnan, GA
Georgia Mountain Hospice
Jasper, GA
Adoration Hospice - McDonough
Mcdonough, GA
Hospice Care - A Part of Tanner
Carrollton, GA
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)
Eternal Faith Hospice and Palliative Care - Cartersville
Cartersville, GA
(Family Experience)
(28)
Inspire Hospice and Palliative Care - Newnan
Newnan, GA
(Family Experience)
(34)
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Every listing here is a Medicare-certified hospice that reports serving Forest Park. 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 Forest Park families
Families in Forest Park 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 Forest Park
Do we have to use the hospice a hospital names in Forest Park?
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 Forest Park?
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 Forest Park?
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 Forest Park?
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 Forest Park in Fulton County because it is near the airport?
No. Forest Park is in Clayton County. The airport is nearby, and Atlanta is the next county over, but the house is Clayton. Jonesboro, not Forest Park, is the Clayton seat. There is no hospital in Forest Park. Ask the hospice to say Clayton. A team used to Fulton streets, including families sent home from Grady in Atlanta, still has to confirm this city after dark.
Does a Grady discharge assign a Clayton hospice?
No. Grady is in Atlanta, in a different county from Forest Park. The hospital can explain hospice and offer names. It does not decide who comes to a Clayton address. Ask which Medicare-certified hospices will visit Forest Park, how airport traffic changes a night call, and what the first day at home includes. Write Clayton County on the referral before you leave the Atlanta campus.
Hospice Care in Forest Park
Finding hospice care in Forest Park
Do not let a referral invent a hospital for Forest Park. Some families are discharged from Grady in Atlanta, which is a different county. A Fulton hospital team does not thereby cover a Clayton street. Ask whether a Medicare-certified hospice sends nurses to Forest Park after dark, and whether airport-area traffic changes that drive. Jonesboro is the Clayton seat and a separate ask. Say Clayton before you say the airport. Confirm the first home visit and the overnight phone. You can compare hospices without enrolling on the first call.
What to compare
When you call, ask about:
- Forest Park is Clayton County, near the airport, not Fulton County
- Jonesboro is the Clayton County seat, a different city
- No hospital is in Forest Park, so do not invent one
- Grady is in Atlanta, in another county, so ask who covers Clayton
Where hospice care happens in Forest Park
Arrange hospice at the Forest Park house. A short inpatient stay is a symptom crisis, not a nursing-home move, and it would not be inside a hospital this city does not have. Ask how long a nurse needs when roads near the airport are snarled. A Grady discharge should name Clayton as the destination.
Local considerations for Forest Park families
This directory currently lists about 85 Medicare-certified hospices that serve Forest Park. That count is who can come to an address here, not how many offices sit inside one city.
Planes and hotels make Forest Park feel tied to Atlanta, yet the city is Clayton. People cross into Fulton for work and for Grady, then hand a Fulton agency the home address by habit. Read the county back. If the patient lives in Jonesboro, use that city. If the house is in unincorporated Clayton, say that too. Forest Park's blocks near the airport are not a shorthand for the whole county, and the whole county is not Fulton. The seat and this city are different night trips.
The north side of Forest Park, toward the airport and Lake City, is a different visit from the south side toward Morrow and Jonesboro. Riverdale is where Southern Regional sits, so a Riverdale discharge can still be a Forest Park house. If the home is in Jonesboro, Riverdale, or East Point, open that city. There is no local campus here. Ask whether the nurse is based at Southern Regional or coming from Atlanta, and how long Forest Park takes when the airport roads are the reason the interstate is not moving. Say Clayton so an Atlanta ZIP does not decide the plan.
When you are comparing, it often helps to:
- Confirm the exact street or ZIP in Forest Park — 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 Clayton 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 Forest Park itself. Nearby cities and Clayton 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 Clayton County, Riverdale, Lovejoy, Irondale, Metro Atlanta.