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In-Home Hospice and Palliative Care in the Atlanta Area

If you need hospice or palliative care around Atlanta, GA, you need compassionate and experienced professionals to show up when they say and do what they promise.  

Crossroads Hospice & Palliative Care spends more time with patients than the national average. If you or a loved one are anywhere near Atlanta — including Tucker, Norcross, Smyrna, Marietta, Alpharetta, and Dunwoody — let us help.  

Why choose Crossroads?

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True 24/7 availability 

Crossroads team members work in coordinated shifts, so there is always someone 24/7.

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Urgency of response

We’re able to assess and admit patients at any time — call and we’ll be there. 

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For the family as well 

Our compassionate, experienced staff doesn’t just focus on the patient. We’re also here for the family, able to talk through concerns and provide support to help make important decisions.  

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Celebrate life

Programs such as Gift of a Day and Life Journal ensure that the last days aren’t waiting for the end, but rather appreciating the time that’s left. 

Have questions or need help? Call us anytime:

770-270-9898

What does Crossroads’ hospice care services include?

  • Delivery of equipment and medications related to the terminal diagnosis
  • Able to assist with discharge and transportation from the hospital  
  • Personalized plan of care 
  • Non-medical attention such as baths, personal care,  fingernails, hair wash, feeding, and more, all while promoting the patient’s dignity and honor 
  • Carefully observe pain and discomfort and provide medications as needed 
  • Support from social workers to help families find the resources  and help they need 
  • Support from chaplains for spiritual help  
  • Grief support before, during, and after
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Eligibility and insurance.

Eligibility requirements:

  • Prognosis of six months or less if current condition runs its normal course 
  • Frequent hospitalizations in the past six months  
  • Compromised activities of daily living (eating, bathing, dressing, toileting, etc.) 
  • Change in cognitive and functional abilities, including deteriorating mental abilities 
  • Progressive weight loss 
  • Increasing weakness, fatigue, and somnolence

Services are covered by: 

  • Most private insurance 
  • Medicare 
  • Medicaid

* Copays or deductibles may apply.

Learn more about hospice eligibility, including for specific conditions. 

What  areas do we serve?

Crossroads comes to the patient wherever they call home, be it in their actual home, a nursing home, or hospital room. From Crossroads' hospice offices in Tucker, Dekalb County, we travel to the following Georgia areas and more: 

Want to confirm  if we service your area?
Call us anytime: 770-270-9898

How do you choose the right hospice provider? Download a free checklist.

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At Crossroads, we pride ourselves on providing the best possible service to patients and their families. And we take pride in the kind words from those families. 

Crossroads' hospice administrative office in Tucker, GA.

While we provide in-home hospice care wherever you are throughout throughout Atlanta and DeKalb County, we have a central office in Tucker to coordinate care and provide administrative support. This office is the only Crossroads Hospice & Palliative Care office in Georgia, and serves the entire Atlanta metropolitan area. It was established in September 2003 and is run by executive director Susan Sutton. 

Crossroads Hospice Atlanta Administrative Information 

Phone: 770-270-9898
Fax: 770-270-9896
License #: 044-198-H  
Medicare #: 11-1607 

Mailing address: 

1957 Lakeside Pkwy., Suite 500 
Tucker, GA 30084 

Career opportunities:  If you are interested in working as a hospice nurse or home health aide for our Atlanta patients, learn about Crossroads career opportunities.

Get the help you need now. 

In Crossroads, you’ve found a compassionate organization with a staff of experts who will do whatever they can to help with pain management, symptom management, emotional support and community resources. 

 Ready to speak with someone at the Crossroads hospice in Atlanta, GA? You can call, chat online, or email us via the blue Help Center Bar. We’re available 24/7/365 for consultations and admissions, or simply to answer a question about care for your loved one or patient.