Find the Right Hospice Care in Northeast Georgia
About 13 hospices currently serve Northeast Georgia, including 2 nonprofits. Use this list to compare options and talk with the hospices that feel right for your family. Northeast Georgia on this map is Hall, Forsyth, and the mountain counties north of them. Gainesville and Northeast Georgia Medical Center are the Hall campus. Cumming and Northside Hospital Forsyth are the Forsyth campus. They are different counties and different nights. NGMC Braselton and NGMC Habersham in Demorest are other doors, not the Gainesville campus. Dahlonega has NGMC Lumpkin. Blairsville has Union General. A lake house in Hall and a GA-400 subdivision in Forsyth do not share a nurse because both are north of Atlanta. Buford crosses into Gwinnett, which is Metro Atlanta on this site, not this region. Gainesville and Cumming are the two hospital cities. The mountain counties and the lake roads are longer than either one. Ask how long a nurse takes to reach that Northeast Georgia 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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Georgia Hospice Care - Gainesville
Gainesville, GA
(Family Experience)
(1)
Caritas Hospice Care
Dawsonville, GA
(Family Experience)
(20)
Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center
Gainesville, GA
Appalachian Hospice
Blairsville, GA
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(0)
Eternal Faith Hospice and Palliative Care - Blairsville
Blairsville, GA
Amedisys Hospice - Toccoa
Toccoa, GA
Family Hospice - Gainesville
Gainesville, GA
(Family Experience)
(25)
PruittHealth Hospice - Gainesville
Gainesville, GA
(Family Experience)
(40)
Inspire Hospice and Palliative Care - Gainesville
Gainesville, GA
(Family Experience)
(39)
Affinis Hospice - Gainesville
Gainesville, GA
Aspire Hospice and Palliative Care
Cumming, GA
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(0)
Empyrean Hospice of Georgia - Blairsville
Blairsville, GA
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Heart of Hospice North Atlanta
Cumming, GA
Every listing here is a Medicare-certified hospice that reports serving Northeast Georgia. 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 Northeast Georgia families
Families across Northeast Georgia 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 Northeast Georgia
Do we have to use the hospice a hospital names in Northeast Georgia?
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 Northeast Georgia?
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 Northeast Georgia?
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 Northeast Georgia?
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.
Why is Cumming listed with Northeast Georgia?
Because this site files Forsyth County in Northeast Georgia, not in Metro Atlanta. Cumming is the seat, close to Alpharetta and Johns Creek, which are in Fulton. You still open Forsyth and then the city. Ask the hospice about your ZIP at night. The region only helps you find the county page. It does not enroll a team.
Is Union County the same as Union City?
No. Union County in this region is in the mountains, with Towns, Rabun, and the other mountain counties. Union City is in south Fulton, inside Metro Atlanta. If the address says Union City, leave Northeast Georgia and open Fulton. If it says Union County, stay in this region only long enough to open that county, then ask the hospice about that mountain ZIP.
Hospice Care in Northeast Georgia
Finding hospice care in Northeast Georgia
Forsyth County belongs here, not in Metro Atlanta, even though Cumming sits near Alpharetta and Johns Creek. Hall County and Gainesville belong here too, with Northeast Georgia Medical Center as the hospital families name. Union, Towns, Rabun, and the other mountain counties are in this region as well. Union County means those mountains, not Union City in south Fulton. A team that covers Cumming is not a team that covers a Rabun County road unless it says so for that address. Ask for the county and the ZIP. Browse here, then leave the region page as soon as you know where the patient will sleep.
What families often compare across the region
When you call, ask about:
- File Forsyth here, not under Metro Atlanta
- Keep Union County in the mountains and Union City in Fulton
- Open Hall or another county before you call
- Ask about the ZIP, including mountain night drives
Where hospice care happens across Northeast Georgia
Hospice in this region still happens at an address in Forsyth, Hall, or a mountain county, not under the region name. A short inpatient stay is a crisis bed near that home. Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville is one discharge point, not a bed for every county. Ask which bed they would use for your ZIP, including a mountain night, then open the county and city.
Local considerations for Northeast Georgia families
This directory currently lists about 13 Medicare-certified hospices that serve Northeast Georgia. That count is who can come to an address here, not how many offices sit inside one city.
The region runs from suburban Forsyth to Gainesville's medical campus and then into mountain towns where a night drive is a different promise. Buford can fall in Hall or in Gwinnett, and Gwinnett is Metro Atlanta, so check that city before you stay on this hub. If a relative's house is in Union City, you want south Fulton, not Union County. Ask the hospice which mountain or foothill counties it actually staffs. Northeast Georgia Medical Center discharges across several of them, and the discharge does not enroll the region.
Forsyth families sometimes use Wellstar North Fulton in Roswell or Emory Johns Creek, then come home across the Fulton line. That is a metro hospital and a Northeast Georgia county. Open Cumming or Forsyth when that is the house, and open Gainesville or Hall when it is the lake side. The mountain counties are a longer night than either city. Ask which campus and which county, and do not treat this region as coverage. Union County in the mountains is not Union City. Say the county before you compare.
When you are comparing, it often helps to:
- Confirm the exact street or ZIP in Northeast Georgia — 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 patient’s city or county before you enroll — a region is not a service area
Northeast Georgia is a regional hub, not a coverage promise. Open the patient’s city or county before you enroll.
Where to start
Use the patient’s exact address, then open a tighter page if the home is in Gainesville, Flowery Branch, Cumming, Toccoa, Hall County, Forsyth County, Stephens County.