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Care for Carter, 80: help cover a carer and medication in Sacramento
Carter, 80, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $6,900 for a carer and medicines.
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I'm caring for my father, who's 80. After a stroke last August Carter can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Carter 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.
Carter worked all of his life as a farmer, 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 $6,900 goes:
• Part-time carer (six months): $5,500
• Medication and prescriptions: $910
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $260
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $230
Thank you for reading my story.
- Delilah
Updates from Delilah
Wanted to say thank you properly. 5% funded and the plan for medication and prescriptions is now scheduled.
We're at 23% thanks to 15 of you. the plan for medication and prescriptions is now scheduled. More news soon.
- Cláudia Eliane Peixoto 🇧🇷 · $1,000
“Hope it all works out. Small amount but sent with love. - Vitória da Conquista”
- Devi E. Subramanian 🇮🇳 · $200
- Amber M. Juarez 🇬🇧 · $194
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $100
- Nour Rania Bouzid 🇪🇬 · $100
“Be well. Thought of Carter all day after reading this. - Mansoura”
- Myra J. Tandon 🇮🇳 · $100
- Mercy Bola Adebayo 🇳🇬 · $72
- Hazel D. Warren 🇬🇧 · $54.50
- Arjun N. Tandon 🇮🇳 · $50
- Upendo Lucy Okello 🇺🇬 · $50
- Bagus Fajar Tanoto 🇮🇩 · $50
- Faruk Begum 🇧🇩 · $41.50
- Vitaly Bohdan Gerasimov 🇷🇺 · $35
“Thought of Carter all day after reading this. - Novosibirsk”
- Barbara De Santis 🇮🇹 · $25
- Julián D. Escobar 🇪🇸 · $25
- Đức Bình Cao 🇻🇳 · $25
- Sachiko Keiko Hayashi 🇯🇵 · $20
“Hope it all works out. - Kawasaki”
- Lanre Ebuka Ekwueme 🇳🇬 · $15
- Addison C. Stanley 🇨🇦 · $10
“All the best. I'm in Brandon, thinking of you. - Brandon”
- Beatrice Imani Kamau 🇹🇿 · $10
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thinking of you, Delilah. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. All the best.