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Care for Josefa, 88: help cover a carer and medication in Akron
Help Josefa stay in her own home with four months of part-time care.
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I'm caring for my mother, who's 88. After worsening Parkinson's disease Josefa can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Josefa 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.
Josefa 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 $3,650 goes:
• Part-time carer (four months): $2,600
• Medication and prescriptions: $540
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $270
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $240
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
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- Marcelo Heitor Barros 🇧🇷 · $36
“Best of luck. Only $36 but hope it helps.”
- Melanie Anna Dietrich 🇩🇪 · $20
“Praying for you. Please keep us posted. - Braunschweig”
- Ryan Wagner 🇬🇧 · $10
“Best of luck. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Edinburgh”
- Gemma L. Villanueva 🇨🇦 · $50
“Wishing you the best - Edmonton”
- Skylar D. Munoz 🇬🇧 · $51
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
- Chidinma Joy Nnamdi 🇳🇬 · $58
“Get well soon. Thought of Josefa all day after reading this. - Lagos”
- Óscar G. Rodríguez 🇨🇴 · $10
“From my family to yours. - Bucaramanga”
- Eugene Parker 🇬🇧 · $25
“Praying for you. Only $25 but hope it helps. - London”
- Faruk Nahid Hasan 🇧🇩 · $100
- Sneha H. Phadke 🇮🇳 · $7.50
- Rahel Konjit Alemu 🇪🇹 · $30
“Be well - Bahir Dar”
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $5
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- Leo Fuller 🇺🇸 · $25
- Akash S. Tiwari 🇺🇸 · $31.50
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
- Esteban C. Romero 🇲🇽 · $12
- Mousumi Uddin 🇧🇩 · $5
- Anonymous 🇷🇴 · $25
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rooting for you. Get well soon. Sent it to 36 people at work. God bless.
hang in there. Hope you get there. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of Akron.
Good luck. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Josefa.
The list at the bottom is the whole picture. part-time carer (four months) is the biggest at $2,600. I'll keep the page updated.
Wishing Josefa a smooth procedure and a full recovery. Put this on a community board in Sydney this morning. Take care.
take care, Arturo. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. Love from Tiruchirappalli.
keep going. Your post was clear and honest!
Thinking of you, Arturo. Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Contagem
Sending love, Arturo. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Greetings from Hồ Chí Minh City.
Good luck. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Love from Montgomery