Home Health Celebrates 25-Year Anniversary
For 25 years, Cook Children’s Home Health has been a forerunner of helping our patients beyond the medical center walls. Since its inception, Home Health has completed over 1 million patient admissions.
What started as a small single location less than 5,000 square feet on Pennsylvania Ave., has now turned into a 50,000 square feet main office located in Fort Worth and four satellite locations across the state (Austin, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas) equally over 90,000 square feet of mixed-use space used to facilitate care for the patients in the community.
“We provide a vast array of services including nursing, rehab, respiratory therapy, pharmacy infusion & injectable services, custom mobility, orthotics and prosthetics as well as general durable medical equipment and supply services,” Brady Gendke, Vice President of Home Health Operations said. “There is a lot to offer and there is no shortage of patients needing the services we offer.”
Over the last 10 years, Cook Children’s Home Health has processed and completed over:
- 99,000 nursing referrals
- 95,000 rehab referrals
- 102,000 pharmacy referrals
- 112,000 orthotics and prosthetics referrals
- 3,200 custom mobility referrals
- 475,000 medical equipment and supply referrals
Joel Murray, a nearly 10-year veteran to Home Health, said he did not come from any medical background before working. His journey began as a consignment driver then shifted in 2021 to his current position as a Custom Mobility Technician.
“My favorite part of working at Home Health is getting to be creative within my position and seeing the results firsthand how our Custom Mobility department helps the families that we serve,” Murray said. “The Assisted Technology Professionals and technicians on our team are incredible human beings that are here to help people have better lives. I'm very thankful to be able to team up with them each and every day.”
The growth of Cook Children's Home Health represents the expansion of meeting our Pinky Promise. For 25 years, the team has been bringing life-changing care directly to children's homes. As they look to the future, the mission remains the same: to go any distance to bring expert care and hope to those who need it most.
View our photos from the celebration below: