Cancer In-Home Nursing and Care 

Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia

Compassionate Cancer Home Care for Patients and Families

Caring for a loved one with advanced cancer can be time-consuming, exhausting, and require specific medical skills. But it doesn’t have to fall on you alone!

Our Cancer In-Home Nursing & Care team brings hospital-level skill and warm, caring support right to your door.

Whether you’re living with cancer or organizing care for someone you love, this page is for you.

Who We Serve

We provide medical care and home support to those with Stage III–IV (advanced) cancer with complex needs– often older adults and seniors - who may:

• Feel weak or tired from chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation, or the cancer itself
• Need skilled nursing for symptom management (pain, breathlessness, nausea, dehydration, infection risk)
• Need medical assistance with medications, IVs, injections, ports, catheters, feeding tubes, PICC lines, oxygen, or wound care.
• Benefit from hands-on daily assistance (bathing, dressing, mobility, safe transfers, meal prep, hydration, toileting)
• Want fewer ER trips and hospital days by handling complications at home
• Prefer to remain at home  for most of their care

Home health is common in cancer care. Studies show that about 29% of those with cancer utilize home nursing, with between 10–16% of older adults receiving home health within 3 months of diagnosis. [1]

Programs like ours that deliver home-based care have better outcomes than not utilizing care, including: [2] [3]

• Better health outcomes
• Fewer Emergency Department visits and hospitalizations
• Lower total costs

What Care We Provide

1) Complex Skilled In-home Nursing

• Pain control (including opioids), anti-emetics, bowel regimens, and effective plans to reduce negative symptoms
• Dyspnea/oxygen troubleshooting, nebulizers, and secretion management
• Hydration and nutrition support, meal prepping and cooking, and tube-feeding care
• Reducing infection risk: vitals, labs as ordered, catheter care, and rapid escalation pathways
• 24/7 support for questions and nurse triage

2) Treatment Support—At Home

• Device care for ports, PICCs, catheters, drains, ostomies, and wound management
• Chemotherapy side-effect monitoring (bleeding, clots, neuropathy, confusion, constipation/ileus) with early intervention strategies to reduce negative health outcomes
• Nutrition, exercise, sleep, and health support  to speed recovery
• Medication management, reminders, and administration

3) Daily Living Assistance

• Safe mobility and transfers  for those who can’t move/lift themselves
• Fall-prevention setup and bed-to-chair plans
• Personal care: bathing, grooming, toileting, continence care, housekeeping & laundry, shopping assistance, appointment companion, skin protection

4) Respite and Short-Term Care

• Respite hours (a few hours a week) so loved ones can rest, work, or step out
• Family coaching and reassurance: what to expect, when to call, how to prevent crises
• Care coordination across healthcare providers, specialists, DME vendors, pharmacies, and community resources

5) Palliative & Hospice Coordination (When Appropriate)

• Compassionate Transitions: If curative treatment is no longer the focus, we guide families through the process of transitioning to palliative or hospice care, ensuring dignity, comfort, and peace at home.
• Ongoing Support at Home: Even with hospice in place, our nurses and aides can continue assisting with personal care, symptom management, and emotional support for both patient and family. Routine home care accounts for >98% of hospice days

Partners & Providers We Collaborate With and Recommend

We coordinate closely with:

• Oncologists and Oncology nurses
• Local cancer centers
• Primary Care providers
• Home infusion pharmacies
• Hospice centers – including the Montgomery County and Prince George’s County Hospice [https://montgomeryhospice.org/]
• DME suppliers
• Rehab therapists (physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy)
• Nutritionists
• Social workers
• Insurance and benefits providers

What Areas We Serve — And Why

We provide care where cancer burden is high and home-care access can make the biggest difference, which includes Montgomery County MD, Prince George’s County MD, Howard County MD, Frederick County MD, Washington DC, Fairfax County VA,  and Arlington County VA.



Here is an estimated list of the residents who are currently living with cancer  in the areas we serve dispersed across stages 1-4: [4] [5] [6]