Home Health and Hospice Programs

Home Health

Welcome to Georgia’s Home Health Program at the Healthcare Facility Regulatory Division (HFRD) website. At HFRD we are fully committed to ensuring the needs of our patients and their families are met. Home Health agencies work with patients and families by providing preventative, rehabilitative, and therapeutic services to patients in a patient's home or place of residence. All home health agencies shall provide nursing, homemaker-home health aide, and physical therapy services. We are honored and humbled to be part of such wonderful program of caring. Our goal at HFRD is to provide oversight, licensing, certification, and the health care planning of various health care facilities and services in Georgia.

For Concerns/Complaints

If you have a concern regarding the health or safety of a patient or a concern regarding the care that is being provided by a home health agency you have the option of calling or filing a complaint online for any facility licensed through the Division of Healthcare Facility Regulation.  

Hospice

Welcome to the Hospice Program of Georgia’s, Healthcare Facility Regulatory Division (HFRD) website. At HFRD we are fully committed to ensuring the needs of our patients and their families are met. Hospice agencies work with patients near the end of life and provide families’ support.  We are honored and humbled to be part of such wonderful program of caring. Our goal at HFRD is to provide oversight, licensing, certification, and the health care planning of various health care facilities and services in Georgia. 
Hospice is a program of care and support for people who are terminally ill. Here are some important facts about hospice:

  • Hospice helps people who are terminally ill live comfortably.
  • Hospice isn't only for people with cancer.
  • The focus is on comfort, not on curing an illness.
  • A specially trained team of professionals and caregivers provide care for the "whole person", including his or her physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs.
  • Services may include physical care, counseling, drugs, equipment, and supplies for the terminal illness and related condition(s).
  • Care is generally provided in the home.
  • Family caregivers can get support.

For Concerns/Complaints

If you have a concern regarding the health or safety of a patient or a concern regarding the care that is being provided by a Hospice agency you have the option of calling or filing a complaint on-line for any Facility licensed through the Division of Healthcare Facility Regulation.