An older woman on the wooden porch of her old family home

Our story

How we got here

The people, the place and the promise behind every day of care.

Our story

Twenty-seven years of house calls

An older couple taking blood pressure readings in their sitting room
Chapter 01

1998: three nurses and a station wagon

Charlotte's predecessor, Ruth Ann Calloway, opened the office on Austin Avenue with two other nurses and a donated Ford wagon. Their first patient lived on a dairy outside Valley Mills.

An older man punching the air during exercises with his therapist
Chapter 02

2004: therapy comes home

We added physical and occupational therapists, and stopped sending patients across town to an outpatient gym when the stairs they needed to climb were in their own houses.

A nurse laughing with an older man during a check-in
Chapter 03

2015: a nurse on every phone

We replaced our after-hours answering service with a registered nurse who can see every chart. It is still the change families mention most.

An older woman reading in her armchair by lamplight
Chapter 04

Today: four counties, same promise

Fifty-two clinicians and staff, routes from Clifton to Gatesville, and the same rule Ruth Ann started with: leave every home better than you found it.

  • 1998first home visit in Waco
  • 4counties, from Clifton to Gatesville
  • 52nurses, therapists and aides
  • 24/7registered nurse on the line

Ratings & recognition · sample

  • Community Choice · Best Home Health Agency
  • Regional Business Journal · Best Places to Work
  • Area Agency on Aging · Community Partner
  • County Chamber · Business of the Year
  • Veterans Coalition · Community Partner
  • Regional Hospital Network · Preferred Partner

Come home. We'll meet you there.

Call the office, or tell your doctor or hospital case manager you'd like Bosque River Home Health.