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Care for Crystal, 81: help cover a carer and medication in Fort Collins
Help Crystal stay in her own home with eight months of part-time care.
🇺🇸 80577, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States1,998 views
I'm caring for my mother, who's 81. After the death of her spouse Crystal can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Crystal desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 40 hours a week and have cut back to look after her, but we need a part-time carer.
Crystal worked all of her life as a shopkeeper, and raised 2 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back.
Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for eight 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 $5,150 goes:
• Medication and prescriptions: $480
• Part-time carer (eight months): $4,300
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $370
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
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Hang in there. Get well soon. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Blessings.
Stay strong, Claire. Shared this with my family. Sent it to 37 people at work. Greetings from Liverpool
your post was clear and honest. My brother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Love from Olinda.
take care, Claire. Hope this works out for you
Hope it all works out, Claire. This could happen to any of us. My husband and I read this together. God bless.
Sending strength, Claire. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend
Hang in there, Claire. Hope this works out for you. Please keep us posted. Love from Quezon City
praying for you. Hope the doctors have good news. Thinking of Fort Collins