- Now accepting referrals for our new locations in Georgia.
Primrose Communities (PC) is a leader in providing exceptional patiential and supportive services to individuals primarily diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) and other developmental disabilities.
For over 30 years, our dedicated team at PC has empowered individuals with developmental disabilities and Prader-Willi syndrome to achieve remarkable successes. We proudly share numerous success stories, including weight reductions of 100 to 200 pounds, significant double and triple-digit improvements in A1C levels, transformative behavioral changes, and consistent attainment of normal daily blood pressure and blood sugar levels. Our approach often results in reduced or even eliminated medication needs.
Our mission is unwavering: to keep individuals out of hospitals, institutions, and restrictive environments. We are committed to fostering their health and well-being in the community, surrounded by their families—exactly where they belong.
Primrose Communities is fully licensed by the State of Georgia’s Department of Community Health and rigorously adheres to best practice guidelines established by the International Prader-Willi Syndrome Organization.
Our staff undergoes extensive training to navigate the unique challenges of PWS and meet all state certification standards. We emphasize continual professional development to ensure our team remains at the forefront of the latest methodologies, techniques, and treatment advancements, thereby delivering the highest quality care to our patients.
Services & Amenities We Offer:
At Primrose Communities, we are proud to create a family-oriented, welcoming environment. Our homes are strategically located in peaceful communities and are meticulously maintained by our dedicated professionals. We integrate seamlessly into these neighborhoods, actively engaging as integral community members.
Our unique strength lies in our team of nurses, who specialize in caring for medically fragile, medically complex, and psychologically and behaviorally complex adults. Primrose offers 24-hour nursing care and oversight within small group home settings.
Our care is firmly centered on the individual. We craft personalized treatment plans that encompass physical, occupational, and speech therapies, comprehensive social work, education, as well as medical and rehabilitative care. Our leadership and skilled staff work collaboratively with primary and specialty care physicians, support coordinators, and other key stakeholders to ensure that each individual’s needs are met and medical complexities are effectively managed, including:
Other complications, such as an increased risk of liver disease and gallstones are able to be managed here at Primrose Communities. Our innovative and therapeutic activity planning empowers patients to participate in normalized outings with the necessary support to ensure success.
Key Home Elements:
The care we provide is guided by thorough individual assessments that prioritize health and safety while promoting an exceptional quality of life. Our assertive, person-centered approach considers each individual’s preferences and goals, affirming that everyone deserves personal safety, health, meaningful relationships, dignity, and respect. This model is bolstered by home and community-based standards, ensuring those we serve live in the least restrictive environment, nurtured by choice, independence, and active community inclusion.
Primrose Communities offers a therapeutic milieu that emphasizes healing and recovery through structured environments and interactions. We focus on cultivating strong social connections and fostering positive staff-resident relationships within our welcoming atmosphere. Our Prader-Willi homes deliver an array of specialized programs and services to accomplish our mission, including:
Primrose Communities is overseen by a team of licensed healthcare professionals which manages the day to days affairs of operations.
PWS can be complicated and while our goal is to discharge patients as soon as possible, the reality is that many with PWS may require long term care spanning years.
Our agency accepts placements from all over the US and the team at primrose Communities can also assist with hospital transitions into the community.
Primrose Communities accepts private pay, single case agreements with agencies and insurance companies.
Because of the sensitivity and fragility of the population we serve, our staffing ratio is approximately 2 to 4 per shift.
