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Care for Mateo, 78: help cover a carer and medication in Akron
Mateo, 78, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $4,950 for a carer and medicines.
🇺🇸 Akron, Ohio, United States265 views
I'm caring for my father, who's 78. After a heart attack Mateo can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Mateo desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 40 hours a week and have cut back to look after him, but we need a part-time carer.
Mateo worked all of his life as a schoolteacher, and raised 3 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.
Funds cover the carer's wages, medicines, a hospital bed rental and incontinence supplies.
Where the $4,950 goes:
• Part-time carer (three months): $3,650
• Medication and prescriptions: $620
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $250
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $430
I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
- Eduardo
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Thinking of you and your family. Hope this works out for you. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. God bless.
Sending love. This could happen to any of us. Please keep us posted. Love from Alcalá de Henares.
Thinking of you, Eduardo. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.
So sorry you're going through this, Eduardo. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. God bless
Hope things get better soon, Eduardo. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry