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

Help Axel stay in his own home with six months of part-time care.

🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom2,661 views
Doris Black
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Leeds
I'm caring for my father, who's 76. After worsening Parkinson's disease Axel can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Axel desperately wants to stay at home. I work 40 hours a week and have cut back to look after him, but we need a part-time carer. Axel worked all of his life as a schoolteacher, 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. The carer will be employed through a registered agency and paid directly. I'll share the agency invoices. Where the $3,200 goes: • Part-time carer (six months): $2,450 • Medication and prescriptions: $310 • Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $440 Thanks for reading all this.
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Updates from Doris

  1. We're at 50% thanks to 30 of you. I met with the care agency and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 31% now ($991). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

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  • Naliaka Njeri Odhiambo

    thanks for sharing this, Doris. This could happen to any of us. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend

    • Atul L. Chauhan

      get well soon. Love from Mumbai.

      • Revathi D. Rathnam

        take care. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Leeds.

        • Serena Ginevra Leone

          Hope things get better soon, Doris. Wishing Axel a smooth procedure and a full recovery. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too

          • Nilesh C. Chauhan

            Hope it all works out, Doris. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. My brother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.

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