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Care for Lorena, 78: help cover a carer and medication in Campinas
Lorena can't afford the care She needs after a heart attack; we're asking for $1,300.
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I'm caring for my mother, who's 78. After a heart attack Lorena can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Lorena 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.
Lorena worked all of her life as a bus driver, and raised 2 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 $1,300 goes:
• Medication and prescriptions: $190
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $60
• Part-time carer (four months): $1,050
Thank you for reading my story.
- Tiago
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- Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $10
- Eri Nishimura 🇯🇵 · $50
“Good luck. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Shinjuku”
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $25
“Praying for you. Hope you get the rest soon. - Juiz de Fora”
- Natalia D. Álvarez 🇺🇸 · $15
“Thinking of you. Thought of Lorena all day after reading this. - Bakersfield”
- Dorcas Naliaka Simiyu 🇺🇬 · $25
“Be well. I'm in Kampala, thinking of you.”
- Revathi B. Varma 🇮🇳 · $50
- Jewel Rashed Hasan 🇮🇳 · $20
- Vikash K. Chetty 🇿🇦 · $49
- Travis E. Pierce 🇺🇸 · $20
- Filip Kazimierz Pietrzak 🇵🇱 · $10
- Kipchoge John Kiprop 🇹🇿 · $25
“Wish I could do more. Hope you get the rest soon. - Dodoma”
- Daniel P. Sanders 🇺🇸 · $50
“Best of luck. Small amount but sent with love. - Peoria”
- Anonymous 🇩🇪 · $30
- Kwabena Edward Quartey 🇬🇭 · $25
- Priya F. Mehra 🇮🇳 · $20
“Blessings. Thought of Lorena all day after reading this. - Bengaluru”
- Ji-hye Yoon-ah Ku 🇰🇷 · $50
- Anonymous 🇬🇭 · $10
“Take care of yourselves. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Madina”
- Satria Halim 🇮🇩 · $45
- Lubna Leila Zerrouki 🇲🇦 · $33.50
- Kebede Belay 🇪🇹 · $5
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Thinking of you. Hope this works out for you. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. All the best.
Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. I went through something like this 14 years ago and strangers helped me out. Love from Boulogne-Billancourt.
Wishing you the best, Tiago. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. All the best.