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Benoît wants to stay at home - help fund six months of care
Benoît, 91, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $3,900 for a carer and medicines.
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I'm caring for my father, who's 91. After the death of his spouse Benoît can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Benoît desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 50 hours a week and have cut back to look after him, but we need a part-time carer.
Benoît 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 $3,900 goes:
• Part-time carer (six months): $3,550
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $180
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $170
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
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- Sophie Gutierrez 🇺🇸 · $250
“Stay strong. Only $250 but hope it helps. - San Francisco”
- Dolores N. Mendoza 🇪🇸 · $200
- Juma Salim Bakari 🇰🇪 · $200
“Good luck. Only $200 but hope it helps. - Nairobi”
- Ratna Ayu Utomo 🇮🇩 · $100
- Anonymous 🇪🇸 · $100
- Anonymous 🇯🇲 · $100
- Joshua D. Dean 🇺🇸 · $100
- Vikas W. Tiwari 🇮🇳 · $100
- Caio Sebastião Machado 🇧🇷 · $100
“You got this. Thought of Benoît all day after reading this. - Belo Horizonte”
- Ángel G. Chávez 🇪🇸 · $100
“Keep your head up. Thought of Benoît all day after reading this. - Barcelona”
- Doris Stanton 🇬🇧 · $100
- Eranga Tharindu Bandara 🇱🇰 · $100
- Hamza Zakaria Jaber 🇪🇬 · $100
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- Diana Galina Sergeev 🇷🇺 · $87
- Sharon A. Whitaker 🇺🇸 · $76.50
- Tuyết Mai Luong 🇻🇳 · $76
- Ismael Velasco 🇵🇭 · $75
“Rooting for you. Thought of Benoît all day after reading this. - Quezon City”
- Ochieng Mwende Simiyu 🇰🇪 · $75
“Hang in there. Hope the September deadline works out. - Kasarani”
- Elisa Elena Fabbri 🇮🇹 · $75
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Stay strong, Mathilde. Your post was clear and honest. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. All the best
So sorry you're going through this, Mathilde. Wishing Benoît a smooth procedure and a full recovery. Please keep us posted. Love from Manchester.
Thinking of you and your family, Mathilde. Hope this works out for you. Blessings.
sending strength. Looking forward to the next update. My neighbor in Nairobi donated after I showed her your page. Thinking of Boulogne-Billancourt
Sending love, Mathilde. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. God bless.
Wishing you peace, Mathilde. Shared this with my family. Take care
Thinking of you and your family. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. After 6 years in customer support I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
sending strength, Mathilde. Wishing Benoît a smooth procedure and a full recovery!