Families searching for nursing homes in Smyrna, GA are often trying to name the help a parent needs. A nursing home and a personal care home are not the same setting.
The same search shows up as nursing homes near me, care homes near me, or residential care homes near me.
Smyrna Village is a Georgia licensed personal care home specializing in memory care. We also welcome residents who need personal care at different levels of support. The home is family-owned and veteran-owned. Use this page to see what each kind of care typically provides, and who Smyrna Village can and cannot admit.
What a personal care home is
A personal care home is a licensed home where adults live and get help with daily life. It is not a nursing home, and it does not provide 24-hour skilled nursing.
Help with daily activities and supervision for memory loss are the core of the day. Medications are given only by Georgia-certified medication aides and recorded in an electronic medication record. A visiting registered nurse supports resident care.
The community has 46 licensed beds across 38 private and shared suites. Step-free, ground-level entrances to both floors. The address is 1418 Spring St SE, Smyrna, GA 30080. Kayla Turner is Executive Director. Awake staff are on duty overnight.
Families may visit at any time and sign in and out. Meals are cooked in the on-site kitchen. About two hours of structured activities run every day, weekends included, with small-group or one-on-one time as well. The mix includes music, including music therapy sessions, art, and courtyard time.
What a nursing home is
A nursing home, also called a skilled nursing facility, typically provides 24-hour skilled nursing. That is nursing care around the clock, in a medical setting.
Families usually hear about a nursing home when a person needs a ventilator, IV therapy, or tube feeding, or when a doctor or a hospital discharge planner says skilled nursing is required. A personal care home does not replace that setting.
Personal care home and nursing home, side by side
This is a first sort, not a diagnosis. Homes differ. The person's doctor is the one who should say which level of care is required.
- Personal care home: help with daily activities, and meals cooked on site.
- Personal care home: medication administration by Georgia-certified medication aides.
- Personal care home: supervision for memory loss.
- Personal care home: a visiting registered nurse supports resident care. This is not 24-hour skilled nursing.
- Nursing home: 24-hour skilled nursing is the typical service.
- Nursing home: the usual setting for a ventilator, IV therapy, or tube feeding.
- Nursing home: the setting a doctor or a hospital discharge planner may name after a hospital stay.
Signs a personal care home may fit
A personal care home may fit when the need is daily help and memory supervision, and skilled nursing is not required.
- Help with bathing, dressing, walking, meals, or medication.
- Supervision for memory loss, including Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
- A family who wants to visit any time, and who wants to tour before a decision.
- A short stay first. Respite is included, and it uses the same admission criteria as a long-term stay.
Signs a nursing home is the better choice
A nursing home is the better choice when the person needs care a personal care home cannot give. Ask the person's doctor. If a hospital stay is underway, ask the hospital discharge planner.
- The person needs 24-hour skilled nursing.
- The person needs a ventilator, IV therapy, or tube feeding.
- The person shows active physical aggression.
- A doctor or a hospital discharge planner has said a skilled nursing facility is the next step.
Who Smyrna Village can and cannot admit
Smyrna Village can consider adults who need memory care, and adults who need personal care at different levels of support. Before move-in, Kayla Turner, Executive Director, meets the resident and family and reviews medical records to confirm the home can meet the person's needs.
Smyrna Village cannot admit anyone who needs 24-hour skilled nursing, a ventilator, IV therapy, or tube feeding, or who shows active physical aggression. Respite guests follow that same limit. A visiting registered nurse supports resident care. This is not a nursing home.
How to decide
Call (404) 490-3719 or contact Smyrna Village when you want to talk through the list. Tours are daily and by appointment. The same phone is answered after hours by community leadership.
Memory care in Smyrna, GA and assisted living in Smyrna, GA describe a longer stay in this home. Respite care in Smyrna, GA is the short stay, with the same admission criteria. If the care type is already right and the current community is not, read about switching memory care in Smyrna. The memory care move-in checklist covers the paperwork once you are ready. You can start an admissions packet online at https://www.smyrnavillage.com/admissions/start after that conversation.
Step 1: Write down the help needed this week
List what a safe day requires right now. Three lines are enough.
- Daily help, such as bathing, dressing, meals, or medication.
- Supervision because of memory loss.
- 24-hour skilled nursing, a ventilator, IV therapy, or tube feeding.
If the third line is the real need, a personal care home is the wrong setting.
Step 2: Ask the doctor or discharge planner
Ask the person's doctor. If a hospital stay is underway, ask the hospital discharge planner the same things.
- Does this person need 24-hour skilled nursing?
- Could a personal care home meet the need instead?
Smyrna Village does not make that medical decision for your family.
Step 3: Match the answer to this home
Bring the answer to a meeting with Kayla Turner, Executive Director.
- She meets the resident and family before move-in.
- She reviews medical records to confirm Smyrna Village can meet the person's needs.
Smyrna Village cannot admit anyone who needs 24-hour skilled nursing, a ventilator, IV therapy, or tube feeding, or who shows active physical aggression.
Step 4: Tour, call, or start paperwork
Walk the home before you decide. Call (404) 490-3719 to set the time.
- Ask to see a suite, the kitchen where meals are cooked, and how activities run.
- Bring the questions you wrote down, and the note from the doctor or discharge planner.
Most families tour before they start any paperwork.