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Pediatric home nursing in Rockdale County
In-home skilled nursing and personal care for medically fragile children across Rockdale County, through Georgia’s Pediatric Program. For families who qualify, Georgia Medicaid covers it in full.
Who we serve in Rockdale County
Children under 21 whose day-to-day care needs a nurse or a trained caregiver: a tracheostomy or ventilator, a feeding tube, oxygen, seizure care, or significant help with lifting, positioning and daily activities. There is no fixed list of qualifying diagnoses. Approval turns on how much hands-on care your child needs each day, and Georgia Medicaid decides who is approved, not HeartPath.
Rockdale is compact, which makes scheduling easier than in the sprawling counties. If we have a nurse in Conyers, we can usually cover Conyers properly.
Getting there from Rockdale County
Rockdale is east on I-20, about the same run as Douglas in the other direction.
Care is scheduled around your family, including nights, weekends and overnights. We match nurses to a child and work to keep the same nurse with the same family, because the nurse who knows your child’s baseline is the one who notices the day it changes.
What it costs a family here
Nothing. For children approved through Georgia Medicaid there is no out-of-pocket cost, no copay and no deductible. If you have been told your income is too high for Medicaid, read how Katie Beckett works before you give up on it. That pathway ignores parents’ income entirely and looks only at the child’s medical needs.
Starting from Conyers
Call 678-459-2590 or check eligibility online. We talk with you, help get the physician documentation moving, and submit the authorization request to Georgia Medicaid. About 30 days from first call to care starting is typical, though Medicaid sets the pace of its own review. Here is the full timeline.
Questions from families in Rockdale County
Is a smaller county easier to schedule?
Usually yes. Rockdale is compact, so if we have a nurse in Conyers we can generally cover Conyers properly rather than stretching someone across a forty-minute county.
What if our child needs more hours later?
Hours come from the plan of treatment your child physician signs, and Georgia Medicaid authorizes against that. If your child condition changes, tell us and tell the doctor, and we help get updated documentation submitted. Be careful with any agency that promises more hours quickly, because nobody but Medicaid decides that.