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

Our own story

A caregiver beside an older woman practicing the stairs
An older woman going over her husband's health log with him
A nurse sorting an older man's medications with him at the dining table
A therapist guiding an older man through shoulder stretches
A nurse going through an older woman's pill organizer at the bedside
Chapter 01

1999 · An office on the square

Evelyn Marchetti opens Elm Fork on California Street with two nurses and a promise to answer the phone.

Chapter 02

2004 · Therapy joins the story

Physical, occupational and speech therapists come on board.

Chapter 03

2011 · The sixty-day plan

We start writing every plan of care as a story, with a goal for the last chapter.

Chapter 04

2016 · A nurse at night

Our own registered nurses take over the after-hours line.

Chapter 05

Today · Four counties

Fifty clinicians and staff along the Red River, still writing good endings.

  • 1999first visit from the square
  • 60 daysin a typical plan of care
  • 4counties along the Red River
  • 24/7a registered 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
  • Rural Health Association · Partner
  • Veterans Coalition · Community Partner
  • Regional Hospital Network · Preferred Partner
  • Hometown Newspaper · Readers' Favorite
  • Family Caregiver Coalition · Partner

Let's write a good ending.

Call the office, or ask your doctor or hospital case manager to send the referral to Elm Fork Home Health.