Home health · Abilene, Texas

Big Country. Small caseloads. House calls every day.

Nurses and therapists at your door in Abilene, Clyde, Merkel, Baird and Anson. Medicare-certified since 2003.

An older couple checking blood pressure together at a round table by sunlit gold curtains

An aide handing an older woman a bag of groceries in her living room

A nurse checking a woman's blood pressure at her kitchen table

Why we keep it small

A nurse with twenty patients remembers every one of them.

Deb Villarreal started Big Country after years as a hospital discharge nurse, sending people home to Tuscola and Buffalo Gap and hoping somebody would check on them. She built the agency she wished she could have called: a nurse with a manageable caseload, a therapist who stays the full hour and an office that picks up the phone.

Twenty-two years later we are forty clinicians strong, and we still cap caseloads. It is why our nurses catch a little ankle swelling on Tuesday instead of an ambulance ride on Friday, and why families tend to call us again when they need us.

— Deb Villarreal, RN, BSN, founder and administrator

A home health therapist and an older man doing arm stretches together by the window

Photo tour

A week of house calls

An older woman taking her husband's blood pressure in their sitting room

A physical therapist working with an older man on leg exercises at home

A woman in a wheelchair laughing with her grown children in the living room

An older couple slicing oranges together in their kitchen

An older man doing floor exercises on a mat in his living room

A young caregiver and an older man talking over tea at the kitchen table

An older woman walking with her rollator down a bright hallway

An older man in a red sweater smiling on his sofa

An older man kneeling to plant seedlings in his garden bed

An older woman sitting on her flower-lined porch with her black dog

An older couple sharing a laugh in their kitchen

A young therapist pointing something out to an older man resting in his chair

Two caregivers steadying an older man as he walks across his bedroom

A caregiver walking beside an older woman as she takes the stairs

An older couple squeezing fresh citrus at their kitchen counter

What sets us apart

Where we shine

Skilled nursing visits

Assessments, vital signs and teaching after a hospital stay.

Medicare

Heart failure program

Daily weights, low-salt cooking and a clear plan for when to call.

Medicare

Physical therapy

Strength, balance and walking, practiced on your own floors and front steps.

Medicare

Care & services

Everything we bring to the house

Your doctor orders home health and we build the visits around your days. Medicare covers it for homebound patients who qualify, and we verify your coverage before the first visit.

Skilled nursing

RNs and LVNs, seven days a week.

Skilled nursing visits
Assessments, vital signs and teaching after a hospital stay.
Medicare
Wound care
Surgical, pressure and diabetic wounds, measured and photographed at every visit.
Medicare
IV therapy and injections
Antibiotics, fluids and injections at home instead of a clinic chair.
When ordered
Heart failure program
Daily weights, low-salt cooking and a clear plan for when to call.
Medicare

Therapy

Physical therapy
Strength, balance and walking, practiced on your own floors and front steps.
Medicare
Occupational therapy
Bathing, dressing and cooking, with equipment that fits your home.
Medicare
Speech-language therapy
Swallowing, speech and thinking skills after a stroke or illness.
Medicare
Fall-prevention program
A home safety check, balance training and a plan for getting up safely.
Medicare

All care & services

Sample family reviews

Big Country families

My knee replacement was on a Monday. Their therapist was in my den Wednesday morning, and by week three I was back at the Tuesday domino game.

Hollis P.Joint-replacement patient, 2025

The nurse noticed Mama's ankles were swelling before any of us did. One phone call to her doctor and a pill change, and no trip to the ER.

Renée O.Daughter of a patient, Abilene

We live twelve miles out of Baird and they never once rescheduled on us. Not in the rain, not in August.

Darla M.Wife of a patient, Callahan County

My dad served at Dyess for twenty years. The social worker helped us with his VA paperwork on her own time.

Kevin S.Son of a patient

I'm a retired nurse and I'm picky. They were better than I would have been.

Juanita R.Wound care patient, Merkel

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Life here lately

Now hiring

Capped caseloads, paid drive time and a team that covers for you.

Contact

Serving Taylor, Jones, Callahan and Nolan counties

3341 S 14th Street
Abilene, TX
Free parking in front of the office, with a ramp at the east door. Drop-ins welcome for paperwork and questions.
(325) 555-0146
Text us
intake@bigcountryhh.example
Big Country Home Health & Therapy

Office & nurse line

Office, Mon – Fri8a – 5:30p
Referral line7 days, 7a – 9p
Nurse line for patients24 hours

Nights and weekends, the main number rings straight to the on-call nurse.

Leaving the hospital soon? Ask for us by name.

You have the right to choose your home health agency. Tell the case manager you want Big Country, and we'll take it from there.

Request care Call (325) 555-0146 Text

Big Country. Small caseloads. House calls every day.