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Care for Blessing, 91: help cover a carer and medication in Gwagwalada
Help Blessing stay in her own home with eight months of part-time care.
🇳🇬 Abuja FCT, Nigeria1,327 views
I'm caring for my mother, who's 91. After the death of her spouse Blessing can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Blessing desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 25 hours a week and have cut back to look after her, but we need a part-time carer.
Blessing worked all of her life as a shopkeeper, and raised 4 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back.
Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for eight 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 $650 goes:
• Part-time carer (eight months): $500
• Medication and prescriptions: $50
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $45
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $55
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
Updates from Fatima
Thank you all. We're at 26% now ($169). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the care agency and confirmed the amounts.
Thank you all. We're at 11% now ($69). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.
Quick update: $30 raised so far (5%). I made the first payment toward mobility aids and bathroom adaptations. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Aadhya R. Chaturvedi 🇮🇳 · $20
- Mauricio C. Pérez 🇦🇷 · $100
- Carlo C. Concepcion 🇨🇦 · $39
- Émilie Inès Paul 🇫🇷 · $30
“Only $30 but hope it helps. - Bordeaux”
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Good luck. Shared it with a few friends. I have a 14 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Take care.
Hope things get better soon, Fatima. Get well soon
Wishing you peace, Fatima. Gave what I could, wish it was more.
Keep going, Fatima. Hope this works out for you. After 24 years in logistics I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
Hang in there. This could happen to any of us. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Blessings