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Nursing care at home

Clinical skill at the bedside.Kindness at the doorway.

Nightingale Nursing Services supports people recovering, managing long-term conditions, or needing daily help — in the place they are most themselves. Every visit follows a written plan of care, and every plan is built around one person.

Fax
713‑780‑7210
Care setting
In the client’s home
A nurse in blue scrubs kneels beside an older woman in an armchair, reviewing a plan of care together in a sunlit living room.

One coordinated team. Nurses, therapists, aides, and a social worker working from the same plan of care.

Physician-directed plans

Care is delivered under a written plan of care and coordinated with the client’s own physician.

Personalized, not templated

Routines, preferences, and family rhythms shape the schedule — not the other way around.

Comfort of home

Clinical care in familiar surroundings, with attention to safety, mobility, and dignity.

Families kept informed

Clear communication after visits so relatives know what changed and what happens next.

Services

A full range of home-based clinical and supportive care

Services are provided as ordered and as appropriate for each client’s condition. If a need falls outside what we provide, we will say so and help point the family toward the right resource.

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Skilled nursing

Licensed nurses carry out assessments, treatments, and teaching in the home, and escalate promptly when something changes.

  • Skilled nursing visits and assessment
  • Wound care
  • IV therapy and PICC line care
  • Medication reconciliation and management
  • Chronic disease management
  • Client and caregiver teaching
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Rehabilitation therapies

Therapists work on the goals that matter at home: standing safely, dressing independently, being understood.

  • Physical therapy
  • Occupational therapy
  • Speech therapy
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Personal and daily living support

Hands-on help with the ordinary parts of a day, delivered respectfully and on the client’s terms.

  • Home health aide services
  • Personal care assistance
  • Private duty care
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Social work and care coordination

Practical guidance for the decisions that surround care, and connection to the right next step.

  • Medical social worker support
  • Hospice referral liaison
  • Coordination with treating physicians
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Pediatric care

Nursing support for younger clients, planned with parents so that home life stays as normal as possible.

  • Pediatric nursing care
  • Parent and caregiver teaching
  • Private duty scheduling for children
A nurse rests a hand on an older person's hand at a kitchen table while they hold a warm mug.
Care that begins with a conversation, not a checklist.

Our approach

The plan is clinical. The pace is human.

Most people do not want to be a case. They want to keep making their own coffee, sleeping in their own bed, and deciding when the day starts. Our work is to make that possible for as long as it safely can be — with the clinical rigor of a hospital visit and the manners of a guest.

  1. 01

    We listen first

    A conversation with the client and family about what is difficult right now, what is working, and what they would like to protect.

  2. 02

    We assess in the home

    A clinician reviews condition, medications, mobility, and the environment itself — stairs, lighting, bathrooms, kitchen reach.

  3. 03

    We build the plan of care

    Visit types, frequency, and goals are set in coordination with the treating physician and written down in plain language.

  4. 04

    We adjust as things change

    Recovery is rarely linear. The plan is revisited when progress, setbacks, or new orders call for it.

Dignity is not an extra service. It is the way every other service is delivered.

What families ask for

The priorities we hear most — and how we respond

Representative client priorities. These are illustrative summaries of common requests, written by us — they are not quotations from named individual clients.

“We want the same faces each week.”

Continuity is part of the plan. We schedule with consistency in mind so clients are not re-explaining themselves at every visit.

Continuity

“We can’t keep track of the medications.”

Medication reconciliation is a standing part of skilled nursing care — reviewing what was prescribed, what is actually being taken, and what conflicts.

Medication safety

“We live too far away to check in daily.”

Families are told what changed after visits, so distance does not mean being left out of decisions about a parent’s care.

Family communication

Contact

Start with a conversation

Tell us what is happening at home. We will talk through whether home nursing, therapy, or personal care support is the right fit — and what a plan of care could look like.

Fax
713‑780‑7210
  1. A short phone conversation

    We ask what is happening now and what kind of help is being considered.
  2. An assessment in the home

    A clinician reviews condition, medications, mobility, and the home environment.
  3. A written plan of care

    Visit types, frequency, and goals, coordinated with the treating physician.

If this is a medical emergency, call 911 instead of contacting us.