Altuvo helps Metro Atlanta families move loved ones from Emory Healthcare into the right assisted living, memory care, rehab, or personal care home — often within 24 to 72 hours of discharge. Free to families.
Serving all Emory campuses: Druid Hills, Midtown, Saint Joseph's (Sandy Springs), Decatur, Johns Creek, Hillandale.
Call (404) 482-3240 for urgent placement.
When a loved one is being discharged from an Emory hospital and can't safely return home, families often have less than 72 hours to make a life-changing care decision. Altuvo helps Metro Atlanta families identify, tour, and move into the right senior living or short-term rehab community — often within 24 to 72 hours of an Emory discharge.
Emory Healthcare is Georgia's most comprehensive academic health system, with 11 hospitals and over 250 provider locations across Metro Atlanta. Every day, Emory case managers coordinate hundreds of transitions from its Druid Hills, Midtown, Saint Joseph's, Decatur, and Johns Creek campuses to skilled nursing, rehab, assisted living, and memory care. Families whose loved ones receive high-acuity care at Emory — post-stroke, post-cardiac, post-oncology — face the toughest discharge decisions.
Emory patients often present with complex, multi-system conditions — advanced heart failure, post-stroke recovery, oncology, or transplant recovery. Placing a loved one in a community that can't handle their acuity is one of the top drivers of 30-day hospital readmission. Choosing the right receiving community protects the recovery Emory's clinicians worked to achieve.
From the moment an Emory case manager flags a patient as 'discharge pending,' families typically have 24 to 72 hours to identify a receiving community, complete a nursing assessment, transfer records, and coordinate transportation. Altuvo has walked hundreds of Atlanta families through this exact window.
Emory's case managers and social workers are excellent at coordinating the clinical handoff — they'll confirm the receiving facility, send records, and arrange non-emergency medical transport. What Emory cannot do is tour communities with your family, negotiate pricing, or advocate for your loved one's lifestyle preferences. That's where Altuvo fills the gap.
Altuvo works alongside your Emory care team. We take the Face Sheet and clinical summary, match your loved one to 3-5 pre-vetted communities that accept their acuity level, arrange same-day tours (virtual or in-person), and coordinate the move-in logistics so your family can focus on recovery.
For patients who need 20-100 days of Medicare-covered physical, occupational, or speech therapy. Common after strokes, cardiac surgery, hip fractures, or oncology procedures at Emory.
For seniors who no longer need skilled nursing but can't safely manage medications, bathing, or meals independently. A common step-down from an Emory inpatient stay when home is no longer safe.
Secure, specialized communities for patients discharged with a new or progressing diagnosis of Alzheimer's, dementia, or hospital-related delirium — often first identified during an Emory admission.
Smaller residential settings that offer a home-like environment with a higher caregiver-to-resident ratio. Often the right fit for an Emory discharge patient who needs more one-on-one attention.
Post-discharge senior care costs vary by acuity and setting. Here's what Emory-area families typically see:
Assisted living: $4,000–$8,000/mo. Memory care: $5,500–$9,000/mo. Short-term rehab is often covered by Medicare Part A for the first 20 days (100%) and days 21-100 with a daily copay. After 100 days, families transition to private pay assisted living, long-term care insurance, or Medicaid.
Georgia offers two Medicaid waivers that can help cover long-term senior care costs: the Community Care Services Program (CCSP) and SOURCE. Neither pays for room and board in assisted living, but both can cover personal care services for eligible seniors. Altuvo can connect your family with Georgia elder law attorneys and Medicaid planners who specialize in these programs.
For urgent Emory discharges, Altuvo can typically identify 3-5 matched communities within 4-6 hours and arrange tours or move-in within 24-72 hours, depending on your loved one's acuity level and required assessments.
No. Emory case managers provide a list of licensed options in the area but cannot recommend a specific community, negotiate on your behalf, or tour with you. Altuvo is an independent placement service that works alongside your Emory care team to fill that gap — at no cost to families.
Medicare does not cover long-term assisted living or memory care. It does cover up to 100 days of short-term rehab in a skilled nursing facility after a qualifying 3-day inpatient hospital stay. Altuvo helps families understand the transition from Medicare-covered rehab to private-pay senior living.
Altuvo serves families being discharged from every Emory campus. We have deep knowledge of communities across DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett counties — matching your loved one to a community close to family and their preferred Emory physicians.
Nothing. Altuvo's placement services are 100% free to families. Communities compensate us when we successfully place a resident, which means our advocacy is aligned with finding the right fit — not the fastest sale.
Yes. Beyond placement, Altuvo coordinates the logistics — arranging non-emergency medical transport, ensuring medications and records transfer, and briefing the receiving community on your loved one's Emory care plan.