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Care for Brandon, 80: help cover a carer and medication in San Jose
Brandon, 80, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $5,250 for a carer and medicines.
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States2,604 views
I'm caring for my father, who's 80. After a fall and hip fracture Brandon can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Brandon 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.
Brandon worked all of his life as a nurse, 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 $5,250 goes:
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $630
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $410
• Part-time carer (six months): $4,210
Thank you for reading my story.
- Carol
Updates from Carol
Quick update: $1,661 raised so far (32%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Dennis Kofi Owusu 🇬🇭 · $250
- Élodie Clémence Petit 🇲🇦 · $250
“Hope the March deadline works out. - Tangier”
- Luna J. Cortez 🇺🇸 · $200
- Vinod H. Thevar 🇮🇳 · $200
“Thinking of you. Thought of Brandon all day after reading this. - Surat”
- Ibrahim Coker 🇳🇬 · $100
“Rooting for you. Thought of Brandon all day after reading this. - Ikeja”
- Padma H. Balakrishnan 🇮🇳 · $100
“Hope the March deadline works out. - Bhopal”
- Anonymous 🇬🇭 · $77
- Andi Aditya Putra 🇮🇩 · $75
- Adeline W. Rose 🇺🇸 · $74
“Praying for you. From Buffalo with love. - Buffalo”
- Bayu Wahyu Wardana 🇮🇩 · $72
- Feyza Nur Bulut 🇹🇷 · $50
- Ana Mariana Souza 🇧🇷 · $50
“Take care of yourselves. Shared with friends too. - Santos”
- Andrea D. Ruiz 🇨🇴 · $50
“Thought of Brandon all day after reading this. - Envigado”
- Irene Onyango 🇰🇪 · $50
- Jewel Sumon Karim 🇮🇳 · $50
- Beau Reid 🇺🇸 · $50
- Sarah Winnie Njoroge 🇺🇬 · $50
- Lilian Yewande Ekwueme 🇳🇬 · $50
- Paolo M. Concepcion 🇵🇭 · $50
- Jomar L. Fernandez 🇵🇭 · $50
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Wishing you the best, Carol. This could happen to any of us. I have a 6 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Thinking of San Jose
Good luck. Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Mandaue.
Take care, Carol. Hope this works out for you. I hope March is when things finally get easier. Take care
Get well soon. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Blessings
Hope things get better soon. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. My husband and I read this together. Love from Tarkwa
Best of luck. Your post was clear and honest. Wish I lived closer to Nashik so I could bring a meal. Thinking of San Jose.