Chapter 01
1972 · One nurse and a Buick
Rosemary Pfannenstiel starts visiting patients home from the hospital in Hays, paid by Medicare and the occasional side of beef.
Our story
How we got here
The people, the place and the promise behind every day of care.
Our story
Our story, decade by decade
Chapter 02
1985 · Therapy comes along
We add physical therapists, because the stairs patients need to climb are in their own farmhouses, not a clinic.
Chapter 03
2006 · Joan takes the keys
Rosemary retires and her daughter-in-law Joan becomes administrator. The office stays on Main Street.
Chapter 04
Today · Four counties, same promise
Thirty-eight clinicians and staff, a nurse on the phone every night, and the same rule Rosemary started with: treat every patient like family.
- 1972first home visit from Main Street
- 4counties across the high plains
- 38nurses, therapists and aides
- 3generations of Pfannenstiels on staff
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Community Choice · Best Home Health Agency
- Regional Business Journal · Family Business of the Year
- Area Agency on Aging · Community Partner
- County Chamber · Business of the Year
- Rural Health Association · Partner
- Regional Hospital Network · Preferred Partner
- Hometown Newspaper · Readers' Favorite
Neighbors taking care of neighbors.
Call the office, or ask your doctor or the hospital in Hays to send the referral to Pfannenstiel Family Home Health.