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Care for Pilar, 92: help cover a carer and medication in Buenos Aires
Pilar, 92, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $1,300 for a carer and medicines.
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I'm caring for my mother, who's 92. After worsening Parkinson's disease Pilar can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Pilar desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 50 hours a week and have cut back to look after her, but we need a part-time carer.
Pilar worked all of her life as a shopkeeper, and raised 5 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 $1,300 goes:
• Part-time carer (eight months): $960
• Medication and prescriptions: $145
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $105
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $90
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
- Teresa
Updates from Teresa
Update from Buenos Aires: I made the first payment toward hospital bed and mattress rental. We're at 28% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Liam King 🇺🇸 · $200
“Thought of Pilar all day after reading this. - Fort Worth”
- Taslima Ayesha Sultana 🇮🇳 · $50
- Nuria E. Quiroga 🇦🇷 · $50
“Be well. My colleague told me about this one. - Córdoba”
- Sara Jansson 🇸🇪 · $50
- Patrick Julien Renaud 🇫🇷 · $50
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $32
“Hope this helps. Thought of Pilar all day after reading this. - Sacramento”
- Irene Naliaka Mutebi 🇰🇪 · $30
- Cynthia T. Coleman 🇬🇧 · $25
- Violet S. Schneider 🇬🇧 · $25
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $25
- Logan N. Powers 🇨🇦 · $22.50
“Thinking of you. Small amount but sent with love. - Victoria”
- Anonymous 🇸🇦 · $21
- Susana E. Macías 🇪🇸 · $20
- Bappy Mizanur Rashid 🇮🇳 · $20
“Best of luck. My father told me about this one. - Varanasi”
- Zelalem Solomon Negash 🇪🇹 · $15
- Rajan C. Wagh 🇮🇳 · $15
- Lucky Usman Abdullahi 🇳🇬 · $10
“Wishing you the best. Been where you are, it gets better. - Awka”
- Bilal Hatem Ibrahim 🇮🇹 · $10
- Lorena Josiane Coelho 🇧🇷 · $10
- Bennett A. Steele 🇺🇸 · $10
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Sending strength, Teresa. Hope you get there. I have a 9 year old who wants to send good wishes too.
Hope it all works out, Teresa. Your post was clear and honest. Sent it to 3 people at work. All the best.
Thinking of you and your family, Teresa. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. All the best.
Best of luck. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I went through something like this 7 years ago and strangers helped me out
praying for you, Teresa. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Love from Columbus.
thinking of you. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. Thinking of Buenos Aires.