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Care for Lisa, 74: help cover a carer and medication in Haarlem
Lisa, 74, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $3,350 for a carer and medicines.
🇳🇱 Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands3,090 views
I'm caring for my mother, who's 74. After a diagnosis of dementia Lisa can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Lisa desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 30 hours a week and have cut back to look after her, but we need a part-time carer.
Lisa worked all of her life as a bus driver, and raised 4 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.
Funds cover the carer's wages, medicines, a hospital bed rental and incontinence supplies.
Where the $3,350 goes:
• Part-time carer (four months): $1,850
• Medication and prescriptions: $810
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $240
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $450
With deep gratitude,
Ruben
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Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Lisa
Part-time carer (four months) is $1,850 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. I'll keep the page updated.
Hope things get better soon. This could happen to any of us. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Take care
So sorry you're going through this, Ruben. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Wish I lived closer to Siliguri so I could bring a meal. Take care.
Keep going. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Please keep us posted. Greetings from Curitiba.
praying for you. Shared it with a few friends. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Thinking of Haarlem.
You're not alone, Ruben. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. I'm in farming myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Love from São Paulo.
So sorry you're going through this, Ruben. I hope things turn around soon. My husband and I read this together. Love from Badagry.
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Praying for you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We're a small family in Patna but we're thinking of you.