“I should have done this before now, but I am just now able to think through all that has transpired in our family's life in the past five years.
Five years ago, my Dad went from early stage Alzheimers to end stage within a matter of a few minutes. I was horrified to watch his instant decline and realize I wouldn't have him with me much longer. When I searched for help to care for him, I learned what Pam & Phil were doing at Jacqueline House in Cement City. As soon as I visited their beautiful home, I knew I could trust them with my Dad. Though it was a difficult decision to move him from his home of 50 years, the Campaus made it easier by making room for Mom to join him there as well. From the first moment he walked through their door until three weeks later when we lost him way too soon, he was loved, expertly cared for and treated with the utmost respect.
Fast forward four years, and I once again needed help. Mom had been back home since Dad's passing, but now was in a state of extreme dementia and unable to walk or care for herself at all. I again reached out to Pam & Phil, and thankfully they had a bed available at their new home on Guest Road in Jackson. Once again, it was agonizing to make the decision to move Mom from her home and into someone else's care. But the home was beautiful and calm, and the girls quickly put my heart at ease, even calling me that first night, just to reassure me that Mom was okay. Mom lived there for a little over a year, and she was truly loved by the Campaus and their staff until she joined Dad in heaven three months ago.
I've been in other facilities, none of which I could've chosen for my parents, but this is not a facility. It is a home....a beautiful, peaceful home. It is staffed by loving, godly people. The residents are treated with dignity and respect. And the family is ministered to as expertly and lovingly as the residents are. Alzheimers and dementia are dreadful, horrific diseases, and caring for someone in this condition is not for the faint of heart. It is truly the most awful season for a family to endure. But these precious people, the Campaus and their staff, allow God to use them to minister to their residents in the most vulnerable season of their lives. I cannot imagine how I could have survived had it not been for Pam, Phil, and their beautiful, loving, competent caregivers.
Pam, Phil, and all the beautiful girls who loved my Dad and Mom, thank you from the bottom of my heart. You loved and cared for my parents, but also for me and my brothers. I pray for you constantly, that you will be blessed immeasurably as you continue to follow God's plan for your lives.”
— Yvonne Thomson