Winder is the seat of Barrow County, and one thing is worth knowing early: Barrow is not part of the Atlanta Regional Commission's area. Its Area Agency on Aging is the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission, so questions about in-home help, meals and other support go to the Aging and Disability Resource Connection in Athens, 1-800-474-7540. Closer to home, the Barrow County Senior Center is on Lee Street in Winder, open weekdays, 770-307-3025. For hospital care, Northeast Georgia Medical Center Barrow, with an emergency department, is on North Broad Street in town.
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Oak Pointe Memory Center is a memory care home in Winder that opened in 2021. It takes up to 27 residents at a time, with specialized dementia care, medication management and help with bathing, grooming and dressing. Activities are built around each resident's own interests, and a dietician plans the three daily meals.
Not enough communities in Winder publish a starting price for a median to mean anything yet — it takes 5. We’d rather say that than average two numbers and call it a market rate.
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