Newton County, Georgia
County inventory for Newton County, Georgia 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
2 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Newton County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 2 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Georgia medians + CMS Five-Star.
County care plate
Sheet GA-NEWTON-GEORGIA · Newton, GA
NH-ONE · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-ONE 2 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 230 beds
- STAR-MID 3.0★ avg
- HH-SMALL 2 HH
- RANK-MID #1,776/2,851
- PHOTO-NONE No peer
- AL-MID $5,300/mo
- BOOK-FULL 2/2 NH · 2/2 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 Newton County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Newton County: 2 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 2 nursing homes and 230 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 Georgia medians run assisted living $5,300/mo, semi-private nursing $8,821/mo, private nursing $9,429/mo, home health aide $6,101/mo, adult day $1,950/mo. Verify rates with the named homes below.
Star counts across Newton County break as 1 at 1★, 1 at 5★. Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (100% of 2 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Pruitthealth - Covington. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Nursing Homes in Newton County
2 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pruitthealth - Covington | Covington | 5/5 | 71 | For profit - Corporation |
| Riverside Health Care Center | Covington | 1/5 | 159 | For profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Newton County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Suncrest Home Health | Covington | 4.5 |
| Amedisys Home Health of Covington | Covington | 4.0 |
Read next for home-health-dense Newton
Continue on the Georgia elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Georgia 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 Newton County.