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Avery wants to stay at home - help fund six months of care

Avery, 85, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $4,650 for a carer and medicines.

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Avery M. Roberts
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Birmingham
I'm caring for me, who's 85. After a fall and hip fracture Avery can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Avery desperately wants to stay at home. I work 50 hours a week and have cut back to look after her, but we need a part-time carer. Avery worked all of her life as a carpenter, and raised 5 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back. Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for six months will make a huge difference. Funds cover the carer's wages, medicines, a hospital bed rental and incontinence supplies. Where the $4,650 goes: • Part-time carer (six months): $3,100 • Medication and prescriptions: $630 • Hospital bed and mattress rental: $390 • Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $530 I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen. - Avery

Updates from Avery

  1. We're at 95% thanks to 99 of you. we've started the first stage. More news soon.

  2. Small update. $2,206 so far, I made the first payment toward mobility aids and bathroom adaptations.

  3. Small update. $1,044 so far, the plan for mobility aids and bathroom adaptations is now scheduled.

  • Anonymous 🇪🇹 · $250

    “Hope this helps. I'm in Adama, thinking of you. - Adama”

  • Raymond H. Torres 🇺🇸 · $250
  • Sinta Fitri Winata 🇮🇩 · $250

    “Hang in there. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Jakarta”

  • Eliana N. Dunn 🇺🇸 · $228
  • Tareq Milon Bhuiyan 🇮🇳 · $200

    “Praying for you. Only $200 but hope it helps. - Nashik”

  • Hyun-ju Jin-ah Ha 🇰🇷 · $200

    “Hope you get the rest soon. - Suwon”

  • Het G. Wagh 🇮🇳 · $200
  • Rubel Zahid Khan 🇧🇩 · $200

    “Wish I could do more. Only $200 but hope it helps. - Khulna”

  • Lestari Bunga Utomo 🇮🇩 · $200

    “Hope the April deadline works out. - Bogor”

  • Venkat C. Varadarajan 🇮🇳 · $100
  • Roi Gadi David 🇮🇱 · $100
  • Anonymous 🇿🇦 · $100
  • Ximena K. Espinoza 🇲🇽 · $100

    “God bless. Thought of Avery all day after reading this.”

  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $100
  • Noriko Mai Fujiwara 🇯🇵 · $100

    “Hope things get better. - Shinjuku”

  • Christian Wells 🇺🇸 · $100
  • Natália Priscila Barbosa 🇧🇷 · $100

    “Happy to help - Juiz de Fora”

  • Ibrahim Tariq Zidan 🇫🇷 · $100
  • Swetha S. Varma 🇮🇳 · $75
  • Zoé Solène Perez 🇲🇦 · $75

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  • Rooting for you. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Greetings from San Diego.

    • keep going, Avery. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. God bless

      • Sending love, Avery. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Sent it to 12 people at work. God bless.

        • Abigail Victoria OseiID verifiedPhoto verified

          gave what I could, wish it was more. My husband and I read this together.

          • It takes guts to ask. Well done. My husband and I read this together. Blessings!

            • Praying for you, Avery. Hope the doctors have good news. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. All the best.

              • Cesar D. LopezPhoto verified

                Good luck. Shared this with my family. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. God bless.

                $5,943 raised of $4,650

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