Mercer Center for
IDD Care
Providing thoughtful and personalized outpatient care to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
About our center
Located in Macon, the Mercer Center for IDD Care is a place where adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) receive the compassionate and personalized care they deserve. Serving patients from across Georgia, we are dedicated to honoring each individual’s dignity and supporting their unique needs with expertise and compassion.
Our center is thoughtfully designed to create a calm, welcoming environment. With features like noise reduction and desensitization programs, we help ease anxiety and make every visit as comfortable as possible. For those with mobility challenges, we provide assistance, including safe transfers for wheelchair and walker users.
Our services
How can we help?
At Mercer, we offer all the outpatient health services adults with IDD need to thrive—all in one convenient location. From primary care to dental care, therapy services, and more, every aspect of our care is thoughtfully designed to meet the unique needs of our patients while honoring their individuality with dignity and respect.
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Join our team to help transform health care for adults with IDD across Georgia.
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Latest news
Mercer partners to open center for adults with intellectual, developmental disabilities
Mercer University School of Medicine has partnered with the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and River Edge Behavioral Health, to open a new facility in Macon.
Topping off ceremony for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Crisis Services and Diagnostic Center
This facility, the first of its kind in the state, is a collaboration between DBHDD, River Edge and Mercer University School of Medicine and is being constructed on leased property provided by Macon.
DBHDD breaks ground on first-ever Crisis Stabilization and Diagnostic Center for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities
The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) broke ground on the state’s first crisis support and diagnostic center