Find the Right Hospice Care in Lithia Springs, Georgia
About 68 hospices currently serve Lithia Springs, 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. Lithia Springs is a Douglas County community in Metro Atlanta, on I-20 between Atlanta and Douglasville. There is no hospital in Lithia Springs. Wellstar Douglas in Douglasville and Wellstar Cobb in Austell are the campuses families use. Austell is Cobb County. A Lithia Springs address is Douglas unless the deed says otherwise. The I-20 exits and a house off Thornton Road are different nights. Ask for Douglas County. A Cobb team that covers Austell may still not cross into Douglas after dark, and an Atlanta team may stop farther east. Thornton Road is not the Douglasville campus and not the Austell campus until you ask which nurse. Ask how long a nurse takes to reach that Lithia Springs 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 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 Lithia Springs. 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 Lithia Springs families
Families in Lithia Springs 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 Lithia Springs
Do we have to use the hospice a hospital names in Lithia Springs?
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 Lithia Springs?
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 Lithia Springs?
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 Lithia Springs?
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 in Cobb County?
No. Lithia Springs is in Douglas County. The mailing name is easy to confuse with west Cobb, including conversations about Powder Springs or Marietta. The county on the address is still Douglas. Wellstar Douglas is in Douglasville, not here. Ask the hospice to say Douglas County and Lithia Springs. A Cobb team that helped a relative is not proof it can cross to this street.
Is Wellstar Douglas the hospital inside Lithia Springs?
No. Wellstar Douglas is in Douglasville, the nearby Douglas County city. Lithia Springs does not have that campus inside it. A discharge from Douglasville can include hospice names and does not assign one. Ask whether the same team that knows the hospital will come to the Lithia Springs address after dark. Say Douglas, not Cobb, so a west-metro mailing habit does not pick the county.
Hospice Care in Lithia Springs
Finding hospice care in Lithia Springs
Do not attach a guessed hospital to this place. Families still get referred as if they lived in Cobb because the mailing name shows up in west-metro conversations that are really about Powder Springs or Marietta. Ask the Medicare-certified hospice to say Douglas County and to confirm the Lithia Springs address after dark. Ask whether the nurse who covers Douglasville also covers these streets, and what the first home visit includes. A Cobb agency that helped a relative is not evidence about your county. Read Douglas back from the form. A call does not enroll you.
What to compare
When you call, ask about:
- Lithia Springs is Douglas County, not Cobb County
- West Cobb mailing habits make the address easy to misfile
- Wellstar Douglas is in Douglasville, not in Lithia Springs
- Ask agencies to confirm Douglas County before you enroll
Where hospice care happens in Lithia Springs
Care belongs at the Lithia Springs address in Douglas County. A short inpatient stay is a symptom crisis, not a nursing-home placement. Ask whether a crisis bed would be at Wellstar Douglas in Douglasville, and how night drives work from that base versus a Cobb base that may not cover this county.
Local considerations for Lithia Springs families
This directory currently lists about 68 Medicare-certified hospices that serve Lithia Springs. That count is who can come to an address here, not how many offices sit inside one city.
Douglas County is the correction to make out loud. Lithia Springs can sound like an extension of west Cobb, and the roads do run that way, but the county line is the hospice question. Douglasville holds Wellstar Douglas and the county offices people already know. Your street may be closer in minutes to Cobb than to those offices. Minutes are not the county. If the envelope is confusing, give the street, say Douglas, and ask which city the agency matched. Make it Lithia Springs, not a Cobb neighbor.
Thornton Road is the slow commercial strip, and the neighborhoods south of I-20 are a different visit from the streets closer to Austell. If the home is in Douglasville, Mableton, or Austell, open that city. Wellstar Douglas is the Douglas campus. Wellstar Cobb is Cobb. Say which hospital the family left. There is no Lithia Springs campus to put on the paperwork. Ask whether the nurse comes from Douglasville or from Austell, and what happens when I-20 at the river is the reason neither drive is short.
When you are comparing, it often helps to:
- Confirm the exact street or ZIP in Lithia Springs — 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 Lithia Springs 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, Douglasville, Metro Atlanta.