Local home health service helps patients heal, avoid hospital

When the regional hospital shut down its home health services, a Cuero physical therapist and business owner bridged that healthcare gap when he purchased Cuero Home Health.

“I wanted people to be able to continue to have those services here locally and find a way to make that happen,” Jay Babcock said. The new office opened in April at 613 Esplanade, the same location as the previous provider.

Babcock is the owner of Gulf Coast Rehabilitation, a physical therapy practice for 30 years in five locations: Cuero, Goliad, Edna, Victoria and Port Lavaca. The outpatient division is Excel Sports Therapy.