Assisted Living in Buford, GA
Buford has 10 state-licensed assisted living communities. The median cost of assisted living in Georgia is $5,300 a month (CareScout 2025), against $6,200 nationally.
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Choosing Assisted Living
A practical guide for families, with checklists to take on your tours.
- What assisted living costs and the ways to pay
- Signs it may be time
- Tour checklists to print and take with you
- What residents and families told us matters most
All 10 licensed assisted living communities in Buford
Every assisted living community Georgia licenses in Buford, from state records. Being listed is not a rating: Lilisity scores only communities with verified interviews (the Top Communities). Communities with verified testimonials are listed first, then by size.
10 shown
| Community | Size | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Branches of Love2769 Kilgore Rd | Size not listed— residents | $3,300 to $5,300/moLilisity estimate |
| Chapters Living of Buford4355 South Lee Street | Size not listed— residents | $3,300 to $5,300/moLilisity estimate |
| Golden Manor Senior Living of Buford2025 Braselton Highway | Size not listed— residents | $3,300 to $5,300/moLilisity estimate |
| Hamilton Mill Personal Care Home2581 Doc Hughes Road | Size not listed— residents | $3,300 to $5,300/moLilisity estimate |
| Ivy Springs Senior Living Buford3177 Gravel Springs Road | Size not listed— residents | $3,300 to $5,300/moLilisity estimate |
| Lia's Personal Care Home #21404 Rock Springs Road | Size not listed— residents | $3,300 to $5,300/moLilisity estimate |
| Manor Lake Hamilton Mill2911 Hamilton Mill Road | Size not listed— residents | $3,300 to $5,300/moLilisity estimate |
| Regency House of Buford4450 Old Hamilton Mill Road | Size not listed— residents | $3,300 to $5,300/moLilisity estimate |
| Rock Springs Senior Care1385 Rock Springs Road | Size not listed— residents | $3,300 to $5,300/moLilisity estimate |
| Slice of Life2940 Hosch Valley Rd | Size not listed— residents | $3,300 to $5,300/moLilisity estimate |
How much does assisted living cost in Buford?
The median cost of assisted living in Georgia is $5,300 a month ($63,600 a year), below the national median of $6,200. That’s CareScout’s 2025 survey, collected July to November 2025. If more care is needed: nursing home costs in Georgia, with CareScout medians and the private-pay rates nursing homes publish.
Medicare does not pay for assisted living. People pay from savings and income, long-term care insurance, or VA Aid and Attendance (up to $29,093 a year for a veteran in 2026), and some qualify for Medicaid help with care costs at communities that accept it. Who actually pays for long-term care.
Free tools: how long will the money last? · home care or assisted living? · VA Aid and Attendance estimator
Three questions to ask on every Buford tour
From about 23,000 concerns residents and families raised in Senior Living Alliance phone interviews, the most common are about dining, housekeeping and hearing back from management.
- Can I come back and eat a meal here, unannounced?Dining was 23% of all concerns: quality that changes day to day.
- How is laundry labeled and tracked, and what happens when something goes missing?Housekeeping was 17%.
- Who is my main contact, and how often will I hear from them?Communication with management was 15%.
All 8 tour questions, with a free printable tour card (PDF).
Check a Buford community’s license
Georgia publishes licensing records, and in most cases inspection or complaint reports, for every community on this page. Look up any community on the state’s site: forms.dch.georgia.gov. Ask the community for its most recent inspection report too; they have to keep it.
Buford assisted living questions
Georgia licenses 10 assisted living communities in Buford as of November 2026.
The median cost of assisted living in Georgia is $5,300 a month (CareScout 2025), compared with $6,200 nationally. Prices vary with the room, the level of care and the community, so ask each one for its current rate sheet. The table on this page shows each community's published price or a Lilisity estimate where we have one, and our free guide lists the questions to ask about cost.
Medicaid doesn't pay rent or meals in assisted living. Most states offer a Medicaid waiver or program that can pay for care services at participating communities for people who qualify; not every community takes it, so ask each one. Georgia's Medicaid agency or your local Area Agency on Aging can tell you what's available.
Georgia publishes its licensing records at forms.dch.georgia.gov. You can also ask any community for its most recent state inspection report.