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Care for Payal, 78: help cover a carer and medication in Birmingham

Payal, 78, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $3,150 for a carer and medicines.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom3,985 views
Gaurav K. Prajapati
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Birmingham
I'm caring for my mother, who's 78. After a fall and hip fracture Payal can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Payal 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. Payal worked all of her life as a carpenter, and raised 3 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back. Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for eight 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 $3,150 goes: • Part-time carer (eight months): $1,850 • Medication and prescriptions: $600 • Hospital bed and mattress rental: $175 • Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $525 I hope life is good to you. - Gaurav
#elder-care#home-care#family#elderly

Updates from Gaurav

  1. Quick update: $2,852 raised so far (91%). I made the first payment toward part-time carer. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 47% now ($1,474). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.

  3. 16% there. I met with the care agency and confirmed the amounts. Thank you.

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  • Gustavo E. Espinoza 🇲🇽 · $20
  • Anonymous 🇹🇿 · $50

    “Keep your head up. Thought of Payal all day after reading this.”

  • Dilara Defne Uçar 🇹🇷 · $75

    “Wishing you the best. I'm in Kadıköy, thinking of you. - Kadıköy”

  • Vusi S. Van Wyk 🇿🇦 · $15
  • Galina Tatiana Medvedev 🇷🇺 · $50
  • Yuri Vasyl Ilyin 🇷🇺 · $25
  • Fredrik Lars Blomqvist 🇸🇪 · $25
  • Victoria Adjoa Gyasi 🇬🇭 · $20

    “Hope it all works out. My mother told me about this one. - Tarkwa”

  • Alexandru Cristian Preda 🇷🇴 · $10
  • Stefan David Peters 🇩🇪 · $10
  • Rhea Bautista 🇵🇭 · $10

    “Thought of Payal all day after reading this. - Makati”

  • Pedro A. Aquino 🇨🇦 · $25

    “Sending love. My brother told me about this one. - Mississauga”

  • Wunmi Favour Uzor 🇳🇬 · $20
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  • Dennis D. Gaines 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Cristian N. Serrano 🇺🇸 · $75
  • Musa Ikenna Adebayo 🇳🇬 · $54
  • Joyce N. Ross 🇨🇦 · $20
  • Derya Rabia Aydın 🇹🇷 · $50

    “Blessings. Small amount but sent with love. - İzmir”

  • Anonymous 🇻🇳 · $50

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  • Leila Hiba Mostafa

    Good luck, Gaurav. Shared this with my family. Please keep us posted.

    • Marina Alina Sergeev

      you're not alone. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. Don't give up.

      • Esteban D. Bravo

        So sorry you're going through this, Gaurav. Wishing Payal a smooth procedure and a full recovery. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.

        $3,551 raised of $3,150

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