MoneyElderly care
Alice wants to stay at home - help fund four months of care
Help Alice stay in her own home with four months of part-time care.
🇦🇺 Australia2,956 views
I'm caring for me, who's 95. After worsening Parkinson's disease Alice can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Alice desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 25 hours a week and have cut back to look after her, but we need a part-time carer.
Alice worked all of her life as a carpenter, and raised 4 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back.
Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for four months will make a huge difference.
Funds cover the carer's wages, medicines, a hospital bed rental and incontinence supplies.
Where the $5,850 goes:
• Part-time carer (four months): $4,600
• Medication and prescriptions: $480
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $240
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $530
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
Updates from Alice
Small update. $851 so far, the plan for part-time carer is now scheduled.
- Festus Ibrahim Yakubu 🇳🇬 · $12
“Only $12 but hope it helps. - Lagos”
- Salma Leila Naguib 🇸🇦 · $50
- Tài Thiện Lam 🇻🇳 · $10
- Shanice G. Morgan 🇯🇲 · $25
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $10
“Hope it all works out. Thought of Alice all day after reading this. - Chandler”
- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $5
- Landon Coleman 🇺🇸 · $50
- Rafael R. Ramirez 🇵🇭 · $49.50
- Camille T. Reid 🇯🇲 · $100
“Rooting for you. Shared with friends too. - Half-Way Tree”
- Atul K. Ranade 🇮🇳 · $30
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $25
- Hao Dong Yang 🇺🇸 · $250
- Alexander S. Fitzgerald 🇺🇸 · $15
“Get well soon. Hope the November deadline works out. - Sacramento”
- Aiden J. Foster 🇬🇧 · $30
“You got this. Small amount but sent with love. - Edinburgh”
- Femi Dayo Ekwueme 🇳🇬 · $57.50
“Blessings. Only $58 but hope it helps. - Asaba”
- Ezra D. Pearson 🇺🇸 · $50
- Aarón B. Ríos 🇲🇽 · $10
- Justine Claire Fernandez 🇫🇷 · $25
“Thought of Alice all day after reading this. - Nice”
- Łukasz Szewczyk 🇵🇱 · $200
- Damien Clément Legrand 🇨🇦 · $10
Reviews
Only people who gave to this need, or whose offer to help was accepted, can review it.
No reviews yet.
Questions & comments
Ask before you give. Email-verified members can comment and ask questions - no donation needed.
Sign in or create a free account to join the conversation.
sending strength, Alice. Your post was clear and honest. We're a small family in Los Angeles but we're thinking of you. Blessings.
Wishing you peace, Alice. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. All the best.
thinking of you, Alice. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. All the best.
sending strength, Alice. Shared this with my family. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.
Rooting for you, Alice. Get well soon. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. God bless.
Hope things get better soon, Alice. Hope the doctors have good news. Take care.
Thinking of you and your family, Alice. Gave what I could, wish it was more.
Wishing you the best, Alice. Hope this works out for you. It's not much but it's yours. Take care
Thinking of you, Alice. Hope the doctors have good news.