What care looks like in Marietta.
A caregiver comes to her home in Marietta and helps with the part of the day that has become hard: bathing and dressing, meals, medication reminders, laundry and the errands she would rather not do alone. Some families start with a few hours a week for company or respite, some need overnight or 24-hour cover, and some need help the week a parent comes home from hospital. We will tell you plainly what we can staff for her address and when we could start, before you agree to anything.
Marietta sits in Cobb County.
Coming home from hospital.
Kennestone is the hospital most Marietta families come home from, and its rehabilitation unit is on the same site. Wellstar Windy Hill on Windy Hill Road is a long-term acute care hospital rather than an emergency hospital, which is worth knowing before a transfer.
- Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center — 677 Church Street, Marietta 30060 · (770) 793-5000
- Wellstar Kennestone inpatient rehabilitation — 677 Church Street · (770) 793-6696
- Wellstar Cobb Medical Center — 3950 Austell Road, Austell · (770) 732-4000
We are not affiliated with any of them. We list them because the discharge week is when most families call us, and because knowing which building she is coming home from changes what the first three days need to look like.
Local help worth knowing about.
Cobb runs two senior centres in Marietta, one of them beside the county’s own wellness centre. The Area Agency on Aging for metro Atlanta is empowerline, on (404) 463-3333 — it is also the front door for Georgia’s Medicaid waiver assessments, and it is free to call whether or not you ever use us.
- Cobb Senior Services, 1150 Powder Springs Street · 770-528-5355
- Marietta Senior Center, 1150 Powder Springs Street · 770-528-2516
- Tim D. Lee Senior Center, 3332 Sandy Plains Road · 770-509-4900
What makes Marietta different to plan for.
Cobb has no MARTA rail, so rides matter more here. CobbLinc Paratransit covers the area within three quarters of a mile of a bus route, charges a $4.00 fare, carries a personal care attendant free, takes no same-day bookings and reserves on (770) 427-2222. Outside that band the county runs a transportation voucher programme for older and disabled residents. We plan visits around appointment times rather than assuming a ride will be available.
Who lives here.
9,145 residents of Marietta are 65 or older, 14.8% of the city. Figures are the American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates.