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Nursing oversight and noon medications
Blood pressure, blood sugar and a handwritten note home each afternoon.
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Adult day program · Jefferson, Texas
The prettiest weekday in Marion County.
Sweetgum House is an adult day program in an 1880s house on Alley Street: a nurse on site, lunch in the dining room, music in the parlor and a lift van home before supper.
Our house
Tall windows, a wraparound porch, and a table for everyone.
Celeste Broussard grew up two streets over and spent twenty-five years as a nurse in Longview and Marshall. When the old Bramlett house came up for sale in 2011, she saw what the rest of us saw driving by: a porch made for sitting and a parlor made for company.
Our members are retired teachers and riverboat history buffs, deacons and Sunday-school pianists, a few gentlemen who still tip their hats. They come for the company, the music and Miss Odessa's lunch. Their families send them because a nurse is down the hall and somebody is always paying attention.
— Celeste Broussard, RN, founder
What sets us apart
Where we shine
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Lunch in the dining room
Cloth napkins, real china and Miss Odessa's cooking. Peach cobbler on Fridays.
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Music in the parlor
Hymns, standards and the occasional Patsy Cline, at the old upright piano.
Daily- 1884the year the house was built
- 28members on a typical day
- 5:1members to staff
- 12years on Alley Street
Photo tour
Inside the house
Sample family reviews
Kind words from families
Mother was a piano teacher for fifty years. Now she plays the upright in the parlor every afternoon, and people sing along. She tells me she 'has a standing engagement.'
Daddy wears a tie to Sweetgum House. Nobody asked him to. He just thinks a house that nice deserves it.
Celeste called me at work because Mama seemed more tired than usual. It was a urinary infection. We caught it before it turned into a hospital stay.
My husband has Parkinson's and I had not had a full day to myself in three years. Now I have three a week.
Miss Odessa makes my grandmother's birthday cake every year. Coconut. She remembered without being asked.
It does not feel like a program. It feels like going to visit a friend with a very good cook.
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Readers' Choice · Best Adult Day Program
- County Chamber · Small Business of the Year
- Historical Society · Restoration Award
- Area Agency on Aging · Community Partner
- Local Hospital · Preferred Day Program
Our team
The people of the house
Celeste Broussard, RN
Founder and director
A nurse for twenty-five years in Longview and Marshall, Celeste opened Sweetgum House in the town where she grew up.
Yolanda Pierce, LVN
Nurse
Yolanda runs the medication pass and knows every member's blood pressure by heart.
Odessa Lewis
Cook
Thirty years in church and school kitchens. Her cobbler has a waiting list.
Marisa Delgado
Activities director
A former music teacher who plays the parlor piano and runs the Wednesday tea.
Wendell Hayes
Driver
Wendell drives the morning route and helps every member up the porch ramp.
For families
For the family at home
The practical side of a day at Sweetgum House.
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Mornings
Doors open at 7:30. Walk your member up the porch or let the van bring them; someone is always at the door to say good morning.
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The afternoon note
Every member goes home with a handwritten note: what they ate, what they did and anything our nurse noticed.
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Medicines
Send noon medicines in the pharmacy bottle. Our nurse logs every dose.
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Days off
Call by 7 a.m. if your member is staying home. Hospital stays and trips never cost you a place.
Now hiring
Good people make Sweetgum House Adult Day. We are hiring for every shift.
Visit
Find us on Alley Street
- 407 N Alley Street
Jefferson, TX
Park along Alley Street under the sweetgums. The ramp is at the side porch, past the rose bed. - (903) 555-0148
- Text us
- welcome@sweetgumhouse.example
- SweetgumHouseJefferson
Tour & office hours
- Program, Mon – Fri7:30a – 5:30p
- Tours, Mon – Fri10a – 2p
- Families drop inAny time we are open
Lunch is at noon. Your chair is waiting.
Bring your mother or your dad for a visit day, our treat. Call or text Celeste and we'll set it up.