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Care for Faith, 89: help cover a carer and medication in Bakersfield
Faith cannot afford the care She needs after a heart attack; we are asking for $5,100.
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I'm caring for my mother, who's 89. After a heart attack Faith can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Faith 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.
Faith worked all of her life as a carpenter, and raised 3 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.
Funds cover the carer's wages, medicines, a hospital bed rental and incontinence supplies.
Where the $5,100 goes:
• Part-time carer (six months): $3,400
• Medication and prescriptions: $570
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $440
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $690
Thank you for reading my story.
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- Anonymous 🇧🇩 · $200
- Ian J. Haynes 🇺🇸 · $5
“Wishing you the best. Thought of Faith all day after reading this. - Springfield”
- Isabelle E. Jimenez 🇺🇸 · $73
- Qiang Liang Cai 🇨🇦 · $50
“Thought of Faith all day after reading this. - Toronto”
- Santiago F. Alexander 🇺🇸 · $75
“Best of luck. Thought of Faith all day after reading this. - Peoria”
- Mussa Odhiambo Karanja 🇰🇪 · $5
- Oleksandr Timur Filippov 🇺🇦 · $15
- Shahana Anika Saha 🇧🇩 · $15
“Thinking of you. Only $15 but hope it helps. - Bogra”
- Valentina P. Vargas 🇲🇽 · $100
- Noboru Yusuke Endo 🇯🇵 · $74.50
- Galih Arief Yuliani 🇮🇩 · $45
- Winnie Akoth Mwangi 🇰🇪 · $10
- Julia B. McCoy 🇨🇦 · $200
“Thinking of you. Thought of Faith all day after reading this. - Toronto”
- Fatuma Anyango Wafula 🇺🇬 · $10
- Shweta D. Saxena 🇨🇦 · $250
- Esther Marijke De Bruin 🇳🇱 · $25
- Claire K. Douglas 🇺🇸 · $25
- Sumon Uddin 🇮🇳 · $100
- Kacper Zając 🇵🇱 · $50
- Titilayo Omolara Odukoya 🇳🇬 · $50
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keep going, Isla. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I'm in farming myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you
thinking of you and your family. Shared it with a few friends. My neighbor in Leeds donated after I showed her your page.
Hang in there. Shared this with my family. Sent it to 19 people at work.