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Care for Chen, 85: help cover a carer and medication in San Jose

Chen, 85, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $5,750 for a carer and medicines.

🇺🇸 United States4,848 views
Cheng Wei Guo
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San Jose
I'm caring for my mother, who's 85. After a heart attack Chen can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Chen desperately wants to stay at home. I work 30 hours a week and have cut back to look after her, but we need a part-time carer. Chen worked all of her life as a bus driver, and raised 3 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back. Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for four 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 $5,750 goes: • Part-time carer (four months): $4,750 • Medication and prescriptions: $470 • Hospital bed and mattress rental: $300 • Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $230 If you're reading this, thank you.
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Updates from Cheng

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($4,136 in total) the first invoice got paid this week. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Wanted to say thank you properly. 24% funded and I made the first payment toward medication and prescriptions.

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  • Tejaswini H. Sivakumar 🇮🇳 · $250

    “Stay strong. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Jaipur”

  • Alp Alp Erdoğan 🇹🇷 · $250

    “Get well soon. Only $250 but hope it helps. - Üsküdar”

  • Akello Neema Shayo 🇰🇪 · $250
  • Eman Qazi 🇵🇰 · $250

    “You got this. Thought of Chen all day after reading this. - Faisalabad”

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    “Thinking of you. Hope the September deadline works out. - Brest”

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  • Ricardo M. Sánchez 🇪🇸 · $75

    “Good luck. Hope the September deadline works out. - Barcelona”

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  • Lauren George

    Hope it all works out, Cheng. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day

    • Victor A. AndradaPhoto verified

      Best of luck, Cheng. Your post was clear and honest. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.

      • Jung-hee Eun-ji WooQuestion

        how is Chen doing now?

        • Isabel D. Robles

          Hope it all works out. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My husband and I read this together. God bless.

          • Kevin Tim MüllerPhoto verified

            Wishing you peace. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend

            • Quang Đức PhamID verified

              Keep going. Shared it with a few friends. I have a 5 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Blessings

              • Fatema Sumaiya Banerjee

                Sending strength. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. Thinking of San Jose.

                • Lucie Geneviève Maillard

                  Good luck. Shared it with a few friends. Please keep us posted. Thinking of San Jose.

                  • Caroline Winnie Omondi

                    Stay strong. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Don't give up. Love from Kaduna.

                    $6,499 raised of $5,750

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