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Care for Ella, 96: help cover a carer and medication in Fort Collins
Ella, 96, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $5,450 for a carer and medicines.
🇺🇸 Fort Collins, Colorado, United States2,536 views
I'm caring for my mother, who's 96. After a stroke last April Ella can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Ella 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.
Ella worked all of her life as a shopkeeper, and raised 3 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.
Funds cover the carer's wages, medicines, a hospital bed rental and incontinence supplies.
Where the $5,450 goes:
• Part-time carer (eight months): $4,050
• Medication and prescriptions: $610
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $260
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $530
If you're reading this, thank you.
- Natalie
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- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $50
“Hope it all works out. Thought of Ella all day after reading this. - Maringá”
- Rohan Gandhi 🇮🇳 · $10
- Serenity T. Fields 🇺🇸 · $25
“Thought of Ella all day after reading this. - Fresno”
- Ezra A. Ray 🇺🇸 · $20
- Sathi Parvin Biswas 🇮🇳 · $10
“Thought of Ella all day after reading this. - Nagpur”
- Araceli E. Navarro 🇺🇸 · $75
- Athina Stavroula Ioannou 🇬🇷 · $50
“God bless. I'm in Athens, thinking of you.”
- Ramesh G. Meena 🇮🇳 · $25
- Sanket E. Rathod 🇮🇳 · $28
- Walter C. Burrell 🇺🇸 · $15
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $25
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $25
- Graciela G. Campos 🇦🇷 · $50
- Anonymous 🇬🇭 · $50
“God bless. I'm in Takoradi, thinking of you. - Takoradi”
- Chloe Vance 🇺🇸 · $25
- Camille W. Velasco 🇵🇭 · $10
- Bhavani A. Namboothiri 🇮🇳 · $25
“Thought of Ella all day after reading this. - Mumbai”
- Eduardo Diego Moura 🇧🇷 · $10
- Heather L. Rice 🇺🇸 · $10
- Luis Hoffmann 🇩🇪 · $5
“Blessings. Thought of Ella all day after reading this.”
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Thanks for sharing this, Natalie. Hope the doctors have good news. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Greetings from San Diego
Hang in there, Natalie. Shared it with a few friends. Take care.
Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Udaipur.
I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. Wish I lived closer to Hồ Chí Minh City so I could bring a meal. All the best.
Best of luck. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. Greetings from Hyderabad
take care, Natalie. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I'll check back for the next update. Take care.