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Care for Kinsley, 96: help cover a carer and medication in Rochester

Help Kinsley stay in her own home with three months of part-time care.

🇺🇸 14623, Rochester, New York, United States4,900 views
Mackenzie Robertson
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Rochester
I'm caring for my mother, who's 96. After a diagnosis of dementia Kinsley can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Kinsley 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. Kinsley worked all of her life as a carpenter, and raised 4 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back. Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for three 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 $4,500 goes: • Part-time carer (three months): $3,000 • Medication and prescriptions: $670 • Hospital bed and mattress rental: $370 • Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $460 Thanks for reading all this. - Mackenzie
#elder-care#home-care#family#elderly

Updates from Mackenzie

  1. Small update. $2,043 so far, we've started the first stage.

  2. Small update. $1,488 so far, the plan for mobility aids and bathroom adaptations is now scheduled.

  3. Thank you all. We're at 15% now ($664). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward mobility aids and bathroom adaptations.

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  • Anh Uyên Vu 🇻🇳 · $1,000

    “Hang in there. Thought of Kinsley all day after reading this.”

  • Elena J. Barrett 🇺🇸 · $500
  • Dorcas Mary Mwangi 🇰🇪 · $250
  • Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $250
  • Maverick Contreras 🇺🇸 · $100
  • Mark J. Andrada 🇵🇭 · $100
  • Huyền Giang Trieu 🇻🇳 · $100

    “Sending love. Been where you are, it gets better. - Da Nang”

  • Juliet Titilayo Yakubu 🇳🇬 · $100

    “Thought of Kinsley all day after reading this. - Lagos”

  • Yumi Kumiko Fujimoto 🇯🇵 · $100

    “Thought of Kinsley all day after reading this. - Setagaya”

  • Miles P. Woods 🇺🇸 · $85
  • Anonymous 🇰🇷 · $76
  • Seema J. Sachdeva 🇮🇳 · $75
  • Shivam L. Verma 🇮🇳 · $75

    “Thought of Kinsley all day after reading this. - Hubballi”

  • Yiğit Acar 🇹🇷 · $74.50

    “Thought of Kinsley all day after reading this. - Istanbul”

  • Anonymous 🇦🇺 · $62.50
  • Isa Ellen Verhoeven 🇳🇱 · $62
  • Anwar Zaid Tawfik 🇪🇬 · $60
  • Yan Peng Gao 🇨🇦 · $52
  • Evans Brian Opio 🇰🇪 · $50

    “Hope it all works out. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Embakasi”

  • Tâm Thắng Ho 🇻🇳 · $50

    “Thought of Kinsley all day after reading this. - Hồ Chí Minh City”

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  • Berk Okan Şimşek

    reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I hope October is when things finally get easier

    • Thiện Hậu Hoang

      Thinking of you. Hope the doctors have good news. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. God bless.

      • Rohit J. Nair

        Hang in there. Shared this with my family. Put this on a community board in São Paulo this morning. Thinking of Rochester.

        • Fernando Flávio Cavalcanti

          Stay strong, Mackenzie. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My husband and I read this together. Blessings

          • Tahmina Ayesha Hasan

            Thinking of you. Hope the doctors have good news. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home

            • Sachin T. Sood

              Thanks for sharing this. Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Mohammedia.

              • Paul Ikenna Abdullahi

                sending love, Mackenzie. This could happen to any of us. Blessings.

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