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Bolaji wants to stay at home - help fund six months of care
Bolaji can't afford the care He needs after a diagnosis of dementia; we're asking for $700.
🇳🇬 Epe, Lagos, Nigeria423 views
I'm caring for my father, who's 89. After a diagnosis of dementia Bolaji can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Bolaji desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 25 hours a week and have cut back to look after him, but we need a part-time carer.
Bolaji worked all of his life as a factory worker, and raised 2 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 $700 goes:
• Part-time carer (six months): $550
• Medication and prescriptions: $55
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $95
With deep gratitude,
Chidinma
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Wishing you the best. Get well soon. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Pune.
You're not alone, Chidinma. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. It's not much but it's yours. Love from Bucaramanga.
thinking of you and your family, Chidinma. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier
Best of luck, Chidinma. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Blessings.
Stay strong, Chidinma. Hope you get there. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. God bless.
Sending good thoughts. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Love from Iztapalapa
hope this works out for you. Put this on a community board in Nsukka this morning
Stay strong, Chidinma. Wishing Bolaji a smooth procedure and a full recovery. Love from Liverpool.
sending strength. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Love from Coimbatore.
So sorry you're going through this, Chidinma. Hope this works out for you. We're a small family in Mangaluru but we're thinking of you. Greetings from Mangaluru.