With Skilled Nursing at home, patients have direct access to quality nursing care. Some of the services provided include: IV Therapy Administering Injections Preventing Falls Heart Failure Patient Care Patient Education Colostomy Care Vital Signs Monitoring Respiratory Care GI Tube Feeding Assistance Oncology Care

Alzheimer’s & Dementia Care

Not all in-home services are the same. Some in-home services provide non-medical help, such as assistance with daily living. Other in-home services involve medical care given by a licensed health professional, such as a nurse or physical therapist. Common types of in-home services: Companion services: Companion services help with supervision, recreational activities or visiting. This service can be customized to fit your needs and preferences. Personal care services: Help with bathing, dressing, toileting, eating, exercising or other personal care. Homemaker services: Help with housekeeping, shopping or meal preparation. Skilled care: Help with wound care, injections, physical therapy and other medical needs by a licensed health professional. Often times, a home health care agency coordinates these types of skilled care services once they have been ordered by a physician.

We encourage clients and keep an optimistic outlook for their recovery or health management by providing these medical social services: ADL Skills / Self Care Skills Training Gait Rehabilitation Treatment for Chronic Pains Proper Posture and Positioning Enhancement of Physical Strength Swimming Pool / Aquatic Therapy Management of Primary Lymphedema Aerobic Training and Exercises Care and Management Post-Surgery Toning and Coordination of Muscle

Medical Social Services

We encourage clients and keep an optimistic outlook for their recovery or health management by providing these medical social services: Supportive Case Work Community Resource Planning Group Counseling Advance Directives Foster Care Planning Resources for Healthcare Policy Support for Emotional Adjustments to Lifestyle Changes Arranging Inpatient Care or Outpatient Care Coordination of Follow-Up Medical Check-Ups or Treatment Assistance with Financial Aid Applications Counseling Sessions with the Patient

Occupational Therapists can conduct treatments such as: Assessment of Cognition and Psychosocial Needs Recommending Activities to Enhance Independence Coping Strategies for Client’s Disability Assessing Client’s Home Environment for Safety Coordinating Return-to-Work Programs Body Mechanics Improving Coordination Mobility Device Assistance Training

AbetLife, Inc. offers the supportive therapy of our Speech Therapists and Language Pathologists who can conduct the following treatments in the client’s home environment: Adaptive Speech Devices Treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorders Individualized Treatment Plans Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis Aural Rehabilitation Alternative Communication Methods (Sign Language) Dysphagia Treatment (Difficulty in Swallowing) Assessment of Learning Difficulties Treatment for Involuntary Stuttering After-Stroke Disorders (Slurred Speech) Treating Fluency Difficulties

Wound Care Services Thermal Burns Soft Tissue Infections Severe Insect Bites Skin Grafting Dressing Changes Surgery Wounds

In Home Wound Care in Houston, TX

Mobile Wound Care Services — Houston, TX & Greater Houston Area

ABET Life delivers advanced in-home wound care services directly to patients across Greater Houston — mobile wound care nurses providing expert wound care treatment for chronic wounds, surgical wounds, diabetic foot ulcers, venous ulcers, wound VACs, and complex wounds in the comfort of your home.

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Licensed Wound Care Nurses — In-Home Visits

Medicare & Insurance Accepted

Mobile Wound Care Available Across Greater Houston

CHAP Accredited — Serving Houston Since 2011

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Patient-centered care

At AbetLife our wound care nurses are extensively experienced and well-trained to help patients with major wounds. Our focus is to hasten the healing process and to prevent infection as much as possible.

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Comprehensive care that helps patients meet their specific goals

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In-Home Wound Care Services in Houston, TX

Wound care at home brings licensed nurses directly to patients who need advanced wound care treatment but cannot easily travel to a wound care centre or outpatient facility.For Houston patients managing surgical wounds, chronic or complex wounds, diabetic foot ulcers, pressure injuries, venous ulcers, or wound VACs, ABET Life's mobile wound care service delivers skilled clinical care at home — at the doorstep, on schedule, under a physician-directed treatment plan.

Wound healing is a complex clinical process. Non-healing wounds — particularly chronic wounds associated with diabetes, vascular disease, or prolonged immobility — require specialised training in wound assessment, debridement, advanced wound dressings, and infection management. ABET Life's home health care wound care nurses have specialised training in wound management and operate under a registered nurse supervisor and the treating physician's care plan.

For Houston patients managing complex wounds at home, travelling to a wound care centre for every dressing change is disruptive, painful, and in many cases physically difficult. ABET Life's in-home wound care service removes that barrier — bringing the right care directly to patients in their homes across the Houston area, Sugar Land, Missouri City, and surrounding communities.

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Patients discharged from Houston hospitals after surgery, including procedures performed within the Texas Medical Center, may require skilled wound care during recovery. ABET Life nurses provide incision assessment, dressing changes, infection monitoring, ordered suture or staple removal, and wound-healing documentation for the treating surgeon. Early identification of infection, wound separation, or delayed healing is an important part of each nursing visit.

Incision care and dressing changes after surgery
Surgical-site infection monitoring and management
Drain management and output monitoring
Wound assessment and healing-progress documentation
Coordination with the treating surgeon on wound protocols

Diabetic foot ulcers are a serious wound type managed in home health care. Diabetes can increase complication risk because peripheral neuropathy may reduce sensation while impaired circulation can slow healing. ABET Life wound care nurses assess the ulcer at each visit, monitor tissue condition and infection indicators, and coordinate treatment with the patient's physician or wound care specialist.

Diabetic foot ulcer assessment and staging at each visit
Ordered wound debridement and tissue management
Advanced dressings selected for the wound type
Offloading and pressure-relief education
Monitoring for infection, cellulitis, and vascular changes
Coordination with the endocrinologist or wound specialist

Venous ulcers generally develop on the lower leg because of impaired venous circulation and chronic venous insufficiency. Arterial ulcers result from reduced arterial blood flow and require a different clinical approach. ABET Life nurses apply ordered dressings, monitor circulation and tissue viability, document wound changes, and coordinate with the vascular specialist or primary care physician.

Wound VAC therapy uses controlled negative pressure for wounds that require advanced treatment. ABET Life nurses provide device setup, ordered dressing changes, pressure-setting verification, seal checks, drainage monitoring, and observation for complications. Home visits allow Houston patients to continue prescribed negative-pressure therapy outside a hospital or skilled nursing facility.

Pressure injuries can develop when a patient with limited mobility experiences prolonged pressure over bony areas. ABET Life nurses provide care for pressure injuries at different stages using ordered wound dressings, repositioning schedules, pressure-relief strategies, skin assessment, and caregiver education adapted to the patient's mobility and health needs.

Chronic wounds do not progress through the expected healing stages within the usual timeframe. They are more common in patients managing diabetes, vascular disease, lymphedema, immunosuppression, or poor nutrition. ABET Life nurses assess wound progress and contributing health factors, provide ordered advanced wound care, and communicate with physicians, vascular specialists, endocrinologists, and wound care centers when treatment adjustments are needed.

Patients with a colostomy, ileostomy, or urostomy may need skilled nursing support for the stoma and surrounding skin, particularly following surgery or when leakage, irritation, or other complications develop. ABET Life nurses provide stoma assessment, ostomy appliance changes, peristomal skin care, and practical education that helps patients and family caregivers manage the ostomy safely at home.

Specialty care where you are

Our skilled clinicians help patients actively manage their own recovery, lowering their chances of hospital readmission. AbetLife also provides Home Health Aide services under the supervision of Skilled Nurses. Home health aides may also help you with day-to-day care needs, such as bathing, dressing, light housekeeping, or light meal preparation.

These services will be conducted in coordination with your physician.

Home health specialty programs

Skilled Nursing Care
With Skilled Nursing at home, patients have direct access to quality nursing care. Some of the services provided include:
- IV Therapy
- Administering Injections
- Preventing Falls
- Heart Failure Patient Care
- Patient Education
- Colostomy Care
- Vital Signs Monitoring
- Respiratory Care
- GI Tube Feeding Assistance
- Oncology Care
Alzheimer’s & Dementia Care
Not all in-home services are the same. Some in-home services provide non-medical help, such as assistance with daily living. Other in-home services involve medical care given by a licensed health professional, such as a nurse or physical therapist.

Common types of in-home services:
- Companion services: Companion services help with supervision, recreational activities or visiting. This service can be customized to fit your needs and preferences.
- Personal care services: Help with bathing, dressing, toileting, eating, exercising or other personal care.
- Homemaker services: Help with housekeeping, shopping or meal preparation.
- Skilled care: Help with wound care, injections, physical therapy and other medical needs by a licensed health professional. Often times, a home health care agency coordinates these types of skilled care services once they have been ordered by a physician.
Physical Therapy
We encourage clients and keep an optimistic outlook for their recovery or health management by providing these medical social services:
- ADL Skills / Self Care Skills Training
- Gait Rehabilitation
- Treatment for Chronic Pains
- Proper Posture and Positioning
- Enhancement of Physical Strength
- Swimming Pool / Aquatic Therapy
- Management of Primary Lymphedema
- Aerobic Training and Exercises
- Care and Management Post-Surgery
- Toning and Coordination of Muscle
Medical Social Services
We encourage clients and keep an optimistic outlook for their recovery or health management by providing these medical social services:
- Supportive Case Work
- Community Resource Planning
- Group Counseling
- Advance Directives
- Foster Care Planning
- Resources for Healthcare Policy
- Support for Emotional Adjustments to Lifestyle Changes
- Arranging Inpatient Care or Outpatient Care
- Coordination of Follow-Up Medical Check-Ups or Treatment
- Assistance with Financial Aid Applications
- Counseling Sessions with the Patient
Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapists can conduct treatments such as:
- Assessment of Cognition and Psychosocial Needs
- Recommending Activities to Enhance Independence
- Coping Strategies for Client’s Disability
- Assessing Client’s Home Environment for Safety
- Coordinating Return-to-Work Programs
- Body Mechanics
- Improving Coordination
- Mobility Device Assistance Training
Speech Therapy
AbetLife, Inc. offers the supportive therapy of our Speech Therapists and Language Pathologists who can conduct the following treatments in the client’s home environment:
- Adaptive Speech Devices
- Treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Individualized Treatment Plans
- Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis
- Aural Rehabilitation
- Alternative Communication Methods (Sign Language)
- Dysphagia Treatment (Difficulty in Swallowing)
- Assessment of Learning Difficulties
- Treatment for Involuntary Stuttering
- After-Stroke Disorders (Slurred Speech)
- Treating Fluency Difficulties
Wound Care
Wound Care Services
- Thermal Burns
- Soft Tissue Infections
- Severe Insect Bites
- Skin Grafting
- Dressing Changes
- Surgery Wounds

Compassionate Care

We provide patients and their loved ones with a sense of control as they navigate their health care journey - with compassionate, personalized care from start to finish.

Clinical Excellence & Efficiency

Our skilled clinicians help patients actively manage their own recovery, lowering their chances of hospital readmission, reducing costs, and elevating outcomes.

Bringing the Best of What's Next

Advances in technology and data enable us to learn more, see more and predict better, helping us improve outcomes for our patients in new and exciting ways.

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We deliver the highest-quality health care to every patient at home, where they’re most comfortable. We achieve this by investing in our people, our tech and our treatment practices.

Travelling to a wound care center several times per week may be difficult for patients experiencing pain, limited mobility, transportation barriers, or other health concerns. ABET Life provides physician-ordered wound assessment, dressing changes, infection monitoring, wound VAC support, and patient education in the patient's Houston-area home.

No routine travel required for scheduled assessments and dressing changes.
Licensed nursing visits performed according to the physician's treatment plan.
Care in familiar surroundings for patients with mobility or transportation limitations.
Ongoing documentation shared with the treating physician and wound care team.

Outpatient and hospital-based wound care centers provide specialist physician oversight and treatments that cannot be performed in a home health setting. A wound care center may be the appropriate setting when the wound requires clinic-based procedures, specialist evaluation, advanced diagnostics, or therapies such as hyperbaric oxygen treatment.

Specialist physician evaluation for complex wounds or delayed healing.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy when clinically indicated and ordered.
Advanced clinic-based procedures and biological wound treatments.
Facility diagnostic resources for wounds requiring further vascular or specialist assessment.

In-Home and Outpatient Wound Care Can Work Together

Many Houston patients continue seeing an outpatient wound care specialist while ABET Life nurses provide physician-ordered care between clinic appointments. Home visits support dressing schedules, wound monitoring, patient education, and communication with the specialist so the treatment plan remains coordinated.

Not Sure Which Wound Care Setting You Need?

Call ABET Life to discuss your wound care needs. Our team can explain whether in-home wound care may be appropriate or whether evaluation by a wound care specialist should come first.

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What our patients and their loved ones are saying

This agency goes out of their way to help elderly stay at home safe. Very caring and knowledgeable staff.

— Suzanne Brinsmaid
Houston,Texas

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We used Abet life home health services for my Mom for her Physical therapy, HHA, and Skilled Services. They came ones a week. They work around my schedule. They pushed her to walk and do more for herself. They were very patient in helping with her. I would highly recommend Abet Life Home Health Services.

— Badresh Desai
Sugar Land, TX

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We are very happy with the services. Great staff and they work around my schedule.

— Robert Moore
Spring, TX

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Awesome staff. Helpful nurse and works with my schedule ...

— Carolyn Otey
Sugar Land, TX

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Absolutely wonderful staff. Nurse is extremely helpful and rnmade me feel comfortable and not concerned about what was to come,rneverything was explained to me. I would highly recommend Abet Life Home Health.

— Keener Allen
Houston

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Nurse is fantastic. She listened to my concerns. She answered all my questions. It was a first visit and I felt positive about the experience and am hopeful that the treatment will work! She always takes time to answer questions and explains things thoroughly.

— Flores Bennito
Houston

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Nurse is fantastic. She listened to my concerns. She answered all my questions. It was a first visit and I felt positive about the experience and am hopeful that the treatment will work! She always takes time to answer questions and explains things thoroughly.

— Shelly Simmons
Houston, TX

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I was not rushed through the process. Very helpful staff.

— Mary F Doherty
Houston, TX

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Very pleased with ongoing services.. Because of my mother's condition we needed around the clock care. Abet Life staff was very responsive and professional. They sent the kindest, hardest working nurses to my mom's home. They were all so friendly and professional; my mother really grew attached to each one of them. I am so thankful for Abet Life for making such a hard time in our lives just a little bit easier.

— Anna Henry
Richmond, TX

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Their nurse is very professional and kind hearted nurse. Very dedicated to her job.

— Anna Henry
Houston, TX

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The entire administrative and clinical care staff were all exceptional and went above and beyond the call of duty more times than I can recall. If you ever need home care for your loved ones or yourself this is the company that you can trust to provide it.

— Hasnain Syed
Sugar Land, TX

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We were very pleased with the initial visit and happy to continue with them..

— Betty Noblitt
Sugar Land, TX

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We serve residents of Brazoria County, Chambers County, Fort Bend County, Galveston County, Harris County, Liberty County, Montgomery County, Waller County, and Wharton County.

Cities include but are not limited to: Houston, Sugar Land, Missouri City, Spring, Cypress, Humble, Pasadena, The Woodlands, Conroe, Galveston, Fulshear, Katy, Richmond, and Rosenburg.

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Licensed Wound Care Delivered at Home

ABET Life nurses travel to the patient's home to provide physician-ordered wound assessment, dressing changes, wound VAC support, infection monitoring, documentation, and patient education. Routine home visits reduce the need for repeated travel for wound care.

Primary counties served:

Harris County Fort Bend County Montgomery County

Greater Houston Communities We Serve

Houston, TX — All Areas, Including the Texas Medical Center Corridor

Sugar Land, TX

Missouri City, TX

Stafford, TX

Bellaire, TX

Katy, TX

The Woodlands, TX

Conroe, TX

Spring, TX

Cypress, TX

Humble, TX

Pasadena, TX

Coordination with Texas Medical Center Wound Specialists

For patients near the Texas Medical Center who receive treatment from a hospital-based wound care specialist, ABET Life nurses can provide ordered home wound care between clinic appointments. Our care team manages communication, visit documentation, dressing schedules, and changes that need to be reported to the specialist.

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In Home Wound Care in Houston, TX

Mobile Wound Care Services — Houston, TX & Greater Houston Area

Patient-centered care

Home Health

In-Home Wound Care Services in Houston, TX

Surgical Wounds and Post-Operative Wound Care

Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Venous Ulcers and Arterial Ulcers

Wound VAC — Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

Pressure Injuries, Pressure Ulcers and Bedsores

Chronic Wounds and Non-Healing Wounds

Ostomy and Colostomy Care

Specialty care where you are

Home health specialty programs

Skilled Nursing Care

Alzheimer’s & Dementia Care

Physical Therapy

Medical Social Services

Occupational Therapy

Speech Therapy

Wound Care