An older couple smiling together by the water

Our story

How we got here

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

Our story

Thirty years on the Southside

Grandparents cooking with their granddaughter
Chapter 01

1996 · A nurse and a Southside office

Rosalinda Guerra opens Oso Bay with two nurses, a fax machine and a promise to answer the phone in English or Spanish.

A therapist and a smiling patient doing arm exercises in his living room
Chapter 02

2003 · Therapy joins

Physical and occupational therapists come on board, and the first island route to Port Aransas begins.

A nurse going through an older woman's pill organizer at the bedside
Chapter 03

2017 · After the storm

Hurricane Harvey teaches us what preparation means. Our hurricane-season program starts the next spring.

A nurse sorting an older man's medications with him at the dining table
Chapter 04

Today · Four counties, fifty people

Nurses, therapists and aides across the Coastal Bend, with the same promise Rosalinda started with.

  • 1996first visit on the Southside
  • 4Coastal Bend counties
  • 60%of our clinicians bilingual
  • 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
  • Hispanic Chamber · Small Business of the Year
  • Veterans Coalition · Community Partner
  • Regional Hospital Network · Preferred Partner
  • Hometown Newspaper · Readers' Favorite

Leaving the hospital? Ask for Oso Bay.

You have the right to choose your home health agency. Tell the case manager, or call us and we'll handle the rest.