The Wesley Woods Long Term Acute Care Hospital for medically complex patients and for those who need ventilator management is the only university-based program in Georgia. Staffed and managed by the Emory University School of Medicine staff and a team of geriatric healthcare professionals, this program has the in-depth experience and academic medical qualifications necessary to provide optimum treatment and the best possible outcome for your loved ones.

Typical patients are recovering from stroke, major surgery, and serious wounds or infections; many are dependent on oxygen or ventilator support.  Each one benefits from an interdisciplinary team of health care professionals who work together to plan and apply an individualized program of care. 

Long Term Acute Care Service specializes in:

• Managing chronic pulmonary conditions
• Ventilator support and weaning
• Complex wound management
• IV antibiotic therapy
• Peritoneal and hemodialysis
• Parenteral hyperalimentation
• Postoperative complications
• Pulmonary rehabilitation
• Fiberoptic bronchosopy
• Blood product transfusion
• Multidisciplinary patient support.

For Information about the admissions process, please visit our Admissions web page
or call the hospital at 404-728-6222.