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Care for Monika, 88: help cover a carer and medication in Berlin

Monika, 88, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $5,200 for a carer and medicines.

🇩🇪 Berlin, Berlin, Germany3,713 views
Monika Emma Thomas
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Berlin
I'm caring for me, who's 88. After a stroke last July Monika can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Monika 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. Monika worked all of her life as a farmer, and raised 2 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back. Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for six 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 $5,200 goes: • Part-time carer (six months): $4,300 • Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $530 • Medication and prescriptions: $370 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly. - Monika
#elder-care#home-care#family#elderly

Updates from Monika

  1. We're at 19% thanks to 23 of you. I made the first payment toward mobility aids and bathroom adaptations. More news soon.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 10% now ($536). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for mobility aids and bathroom adaptations is now scheduled.

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  • Florence Eunice Ssemwogerere 🇰🇪 · $17.50
  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Astrid Jansson 🇸🇪 · $22

    “Hope it all works out. From Stockholm with love. - Stockholm”

  • Zalak W. Kale 🇮🇳 · $25

    “Keep your head up. My colleague told me about this one. - Madurai”

  • Kshitija P. Bhide 🇮🇳 · $70
  • Szymon Konrad Grabowski 🇵🇱 · $50
  • Pedro K. Velasco 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Isha K. Bhatt 🇮🇳 · $250
  • Rutuja J. Bhatt 🇮🇳 · $20
  • Vasyl Gleb Volkov 🇺🇦 · $48

    “Only $48 but hope it helps. - Odesa”

  • Paulo Anderson Pacheco 🇧🇷 · $20

    “Happy to help. Hope the October deadline works out. - Juazeiro do Norte”

  • Viktor Kuzmin 🇷🇺 · $20
  • Kunle Chidi Ajayi 🇳🇬 · $10

    “Blessings. Been where you're, it gets better. - Kano”

  • Philippe Girard 🇫🇷 · $100
  • Anonymous 🇮🇱 · $10
  • Natália Juliana Mendes 🇧🇷 · $10

    “Be well. Thought of Monika all day after reading this.”

  • Rubén S. Guerrero 🇨🇴 · $5
  • Tamaki Kondo 🇯🇵 · $10

    “All the best. - Nagoya”

  • Aileen F. Dela Cruz 🇵🇭 · $10
  • Rukhsar Eman Cheema 🇵🇰 · $53.50

    “Hope this helps. Thought of Monika all day after reading this.”

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  • Kemi Aisha Uzor

    Good luck, Monika. This could happen to any of us. It's not much but it's yours. God bless.

    • Oluwaseun Yusuf

      Get well soon. Put this on a community board in Likoni this morning. All the best.

      • Sipho F C. Williams

        Wishing you peace, Monika. Hope you get there. Blessings

        • Seung-woo Si-woo Joo

          Hope it all works out, Monika. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Greetings from Gujranwala!

          • Sinta Gita Pratama

            rooting for you, Monika. I hope things turn around soon.

            • Octavian Gabriel DragomirID verified

              Hope things get better soon, Monika. Shared it with a few friends. Take care.

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