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Care for Brooklyn, 79: help cover a carer and medication in Dundee
Help Brooklyn stay in her own home with three months of part-time care.
🇬🇧 Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom1,344 views
I'm caring for my mother, who's 79. After worsening Parkinson's disease Brooklyn can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Brooklyn 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.
Brooklyn worked all of her life as a carpenter, and raised 4 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back.
Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for three 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 $3,450 goes:
• Part-time carer (three months): $2,500
• Medication and prescriptions: $380
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $320
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $250
Glad we found this place.
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So sorry you're going through this, Leonardo. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. Take care.
Good luck. Hope this works out for you. All the best
It takes guts to ask. Well done. We're a small family in Comilla but we're thinking of you. Greetings from Comilla.
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