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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, Germany3,714 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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  • Isha K. Bhatt 🇮🇳 · $250
  • Taghreed Rahma Mourad 🇪🇬 · $250
  • Uğur Türk 🇹🇷 · $200

    “Blessings. Saw your post and had to give. - Gaziantep”

  • Philippe Girard 🇫🇷 · $100
  • Kenji Eiji Ito 🇯🇵 · $100
  • Arnel A. Mercado 🇵🇭 · $100
  • Kshitija P. Bhide 🇮🇳 · $70
  • Rukhsar Eman Cheema 🇵🇰 · $53.50

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

  • David F. Dalton 🇺🇸 · $50.50

    “Thinking of you. Only $51 but hope it helps. - Tampa”

  • Szymon Konrad Grabowski 🇵🇱 · $50
  • Mauricio N. Ibarra 🇲🇽 · $50
  • Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $50
  • Peter Werner Mayer 🇩🇪 · $50
  • Vasyl Gleb Volkov 🇺🇦 · $48

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

  • Brenda Ferguson 🇺🇸 · $38
  • Mulugeta Ayele 🇪🇹 · $37.50

    “Sending love. Thought of Monika all day after reading this.”

  • Uma Rathnam 🇮🇳 · $26
  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Zalak W. Kale 🇮🇳 · $25

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

  • Jumoke Peace Gbadamosi 🇳🇬 · $25

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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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