About Us

Our journey began sixteen years ago when Camelia Jacob and her husband opened Jacob’s Care Center.

The journey to make Jacob’s Ladder End of Life Legacy Home a reality began more than sixteen years ago when Camelia Jacob and her husband opened Jacob’s Care Center, a level one residential care facility in Springfield, Missouri. In 2009, a patient at Jacob’s Care Center inspired the Jacob’s to build a guest home alongside their home so that they could see him through his final days with comfort and care. After caring for Camelia’s parents and others at the end of their lives in their two patient hospice guest house, the Jacob’s began their quest in earnest to change end-of-life care for those in need. The social model end-of-life care home currently has living quarters for two hospice patients, along with overnight accommodations for family members.

In 2019, a 3,200 square foot property on North Delaware Avenue was purchased and construction began to turn a shell of a building into a group home where residents can experience their universal right to die in comfort and peace. Jacob’s Ladder was on its way to being a place where peace and love are spoken, and all are welcome, regardless of background, spiritual philosophy or income. Jacob’s Ladder End of Life Legacy Home offers end-of-life care through a concept available nowhere else in the Springfield community. The social model end-of-life care home currently has living quarters for two hospice patients, along with overnight accommodations for family members.

Hospice & Jacob's Ladder

While personnel from area hospices provide medical management, Jacob’s Ladder staff bestow round-the-clock comfort and personal care in a clean and inviting indoor and outdoor environment that allows space for visits with family and friends, along with tranquility for quiet contemplation and prayer. Our two-pronged approach ensures that terminal individuals receive complete end-of-life care without duplication of services or sacrificing quality of care. We envision a future where people have the expectation of dying well, with dignity and supported by experts and compassionate care. Jacob’s Ladder is an essential part of the movement to improve the end-of-life experience for dying individuals and their families in Southwest Missouri.

Caring is what we do best

When a lack of caregivers and resources prevents a  peaceful death at home, Jacob’s Ladder End of Life Legacy Home offers a haven of loving, patient-centered end-of-life care.

Our Trusted Community Partners

Meet Our Team

All Board Member roles are fulfilled on a voluntary basis and do not receive any of the overhead provided by our supporters so as to ensure that our donations go directly to the care of the loved ones we serve.

Camelia Jacob

FOUNDER & PRESIDENT

Mirela Chakhleu

MANAGER

Sue Obert

BOARD MEMBER

Chris Iacob

ADVISOR

Radu Gradinariu

MARKETING DIRECTOR

Luchiia Barba

SECRETARY

Is Jacob’s Ladder Right For Me?

The services provided at Jacob’s Ladder include a full time residence, meals and non-medical comfort care provided by a team of trained caregivers and volunteers 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year, along with support care for guests and families. Medical management is provided by qualified personnel with area hospice agencies and trusted partners.

The services at Jacob’s Ladder are provided free of charge or on a sliding scale fee system. Medical hospice care is paid for by Medicare or Medicaid-H, and some private insurance companies.

Individuals already enrolled in medical hospice care who have reached their final days and do not have adequate caregiving resources at home are eligible to receive individualized, loving care in our comfortable, community home setting.