CMS Care Compare · 2026 3 nursing homes Georgia

Walker County, Georgia

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County inventory for Walker 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

CMS Home Health Compare maps no Medicare-certified home-health agencies into Walker County (lower tercile) beside 3 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Georgia medians + CMS Five-Star.

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Sheet GA-WALKER-GEORGIA · Walker, GA

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

  • NH-SMALL 3 homes
  • BEDS-SMALL 324 beds
  • STAR-MID 3.0★ avg
  • HH-NONE 0 agencies
  • RANK-MID #1,351/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $5,300/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 3/3 NH · 0 HH

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

What a thin home-health map shows for Walker County

Home-health coverage is thin in Walker County: no Medicare-certified agencies map in on the current CMS join beside 3 nursing homes and 324 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.0/5 on rated homes.

CareScout 2025 Georgia medians frame mid-pack counties like this: 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. Local Walker County providers may sit above or below those state medians.

Star counts across Walker County break as 1 at 2★, 1 at 3★, 1 at 4★. Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (100% of 3 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Pruitthealth - Lafayette. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.

1★
0
2★
1
3★
1
4★
1
5★
0

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

$5,300
Assisted Living / mo
$8,821
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$6,101
Home Care / mo
3.0
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in Walker, GA

Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.

  1. 1
    Pruitthealth - Lafayette
    4★
  2. 2
    Pruitthealth - Shepherd Hills
    3★
  3. 3
    Nhc Healthcare Rossville
    2★

Nursing Homes in Walker County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Pruitthealth - Lafayette Lafayette 4/5 100 For profit - Corporation
Pruitthealth - Shepherd Hills La Fayette 3/5 112 For profit - Corporation
Nhc Healthcare Rossville Rossville 2/5 112 For profit - Corporation

Read next when home-health coverage is thin

Decode Five-Star for Walker County homes
Mid-pack context for Walker: What a county-average CMS overall rating does — and does not — tell a family.
Choosing among 3 Walker County homes
A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Nursing home vs assisted living near Walker
Sparse home-health path: Care-level and cost differences before you shortlist a CMS-certified facility.
Cost calculator for Walker County planning
Sparse home-health path: State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

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 Walker County.