Oconee County, Georgia
County inventory for Oconee 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 Oconee County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 2 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Georgia medians + CMS Five-Star.
County care plate
Sheet GA-OCONEE-GEORGIA · Oconee, GA
NH-ONE · BEDS-FEW · STAR-HIGH · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-ONE 2 homes
- BEDS-FEW 140 beds
- STAR-HIGH 4.0★ avg
- HH-SMALL 2 HH
- RANK-MID #1,784/2,851
- 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 Oconee County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Oconee County: 2 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 2 nursing homes and 140 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 4.0/5 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 skew stronger here (1 at 3★, 1 at 5★). Ownership leans Non profit - Other (50% of 2 homes). Named 4★+ examples include High Shoals Health and Rehabilitation. Still weigh inspection history, staffing, bed size, and specialty units (dementia, rehab, ventilator) before visiting.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Nursing Homes in Oconee County
2 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Shoals Health and Rehabilitation | Bishop | 5/5 | 100 | Non profit - Other |
| Presbyterian Village - Athens | Athens | 3/5 | 40 | Non profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Oconee County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Guardian Home Care of Central Georgia | Watkinsville | 4.0 |
| St. Mary'S Home Health Care Services | Watkinsville | 3.5 |
Read next for home-health-dense Oconee
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 Oconee County.