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Galax City County, Virginia

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County inventory for Galax City County, Virginia is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. Home-health agency signature

4 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Galax City County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 2 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Virginia medians + CMS Five-Star.

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Sheet VA-GALAX-CITY-VIRGINIA · Galax City, VA

NH-ONE · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-ONE 2 homes
  • BEDS-SMALL 255 beds
  • STAR-MID 3.0★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 4 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,562/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $6,945/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 2/2 NH · 4/4 HH

Stamps lead with home-health agency tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Five-Star county average, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What a dense home-health map shows for Galax City County

Home-health coverage is the standout for Galax City County: 4 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 2 nursing homes and 255 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.0/5 on rated homes.

With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 Virginia medians run assisted living $6,945/mo, semi-private nursing $10,250/mo, private nursing $11,680/mo, home health aide $6,673/mo, adult day $1,750/mo. Verify rates with the named homes below.

Star counts across Galax City County break as 1 at 1★, 1 at 5★. Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (100% of 2 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Waddell Nursing And Rehab Center. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.

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1
2★
0
3★
0
4★
0
5★
1

Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$6,945
Assisted Living / mo
$10,250
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$6,673
Home Care / mo
3.0
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Galax City County

2 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Waddell Nursing And Rehab Center Galax 5/5 135 For profit - Corporation
Galax Health and Rehab Galax 1/5 120 For profit - Corporation

Home Health Agencies in Galax City County

Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.

Agency City Quality Rating
Twin County Regional Home Health Galax 3.5
Access Home Health Care and Rehabilitation Galax 2.5
Blue Ridge Home Health Care Galax 1.5
Southwest VA Home Health Care Galax N/A

Read next for home-health-dense Galax City

Decode Five-Star for Galax City County homes
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Choosing among 2 Galax City County homes
A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Paying for care when Galax City AL medians run high
Home-health-dense path: Medicare vs Medicaid vs private pay when CareScout assisted-living medians sit in the upper band.
Cost calculator for Galax City County planning
Home-health-dense path: State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Continue on the Virginia elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Virginia state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).

Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Galax City County.