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Amal wants to stay at home - help fund four months of care
Amal, 79, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $5,600 for a carer and medicines.
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I'm caring for my mother, who's 79. After a heart attack Amal can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Amal desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 30 hours a week and have cut back to look after her, but we need a part-time carer.
Amal worked all of her life as a seamstress, and raised 2 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 $5,600 goes:
• Part-time carer (four months): $4,100
• Medication and prescriptions: $760
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $310
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $430
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
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thinking of you, Zahra. This could happen to any of us. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home
Take care, Zahra. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Put this on a community board in Glasgow this morning. All the best.
Hope it all works out. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. I hope June is when things finally get easier.
Keep going, Zahra. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Take care.
Sending good thoughts, Zahra. Hope you get there. We're a small family in São Paulo but we're thinking of you.
Hang in there, Zahra. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.
Best of luck. Your post was clear and honest. I went through something like this 10 years ago and strangers helped me out. Blessings.
It takes guts to ask. Well done. Wish I lived closer to Dehiwala so I could bring a meal. Greetings from Ciudad de México.