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Care for Chitra, 86: help cover a carer and medication in Pune
Chitra, 86, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $500 for a carer and medicines.
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I'm caring for my mother, who's 86. After the death of her spouse Chitra can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Chitra desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 50 hours a week and have cut back to look after her, but we need a part-time carer.
Chitra worked all of her life as a schoolteacher, and raised 5 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 $500 goes:
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $25
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $70
• Part-time carer (four months): $405
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
- Revathi
Updates from Revathi
Update from Pune: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 11% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Rahayu Hakim 🇮🇩 · $25
- Gabriela Denisa Lazar 🇷🇴 · $10
“Good luck. - Timișoara”
- Rudi Yoga Budiman 🇮🇩 · $20
“Hope this helps. Thought of Chitra all day after reading this. - Jakarta”
- Yash M. Karandikar 🇮🇳 · $50
- Vasanthi A. Balakrishnan 🇮🇳 · $96
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Keep going. Looking forward to the next update. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Pune
Good luck. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. It's not much but it's yours. Love from Latina.