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Care for Sandra, 86: help cover a carer and medication in São Paulo
Help Sandra stay in her own home with eight months of part-time care.
🇧🇷 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil2,750 views
I'm caring for my mother, who's 86. After a fall and hip fracture Sandra can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Sandra desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 40 hours a week and have cut back to look after her, but we need a part-time carer.
Sandra worked all of her 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 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 $1,650 goes:
• Part-time carer (eight months): $1,100
• Medication and prescriptions: $230
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $155
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $165
Thank you for reading my story.
Updates from Alexandre
45% there. I made the first payment toward hospital bed and mattress rental. Thank you.
Wanted to say thank you properly. 20% funded and we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. - Alexandre
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so sorry you're going through this, Alexandre. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. It's not much but it's yours.
Sending strength. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I have a 8 year old who wants to send good wishes too
Thinking of you, Alexandre. I hope things turn around soon. God bless.
Wishing you peace. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My neighbor in Tokyo donated after I showed her your page. Thinking of São Paulo!
Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Put this on a community board in Dublin this morning. Greetings from Dublin
It takes guts to ask. Well done. Put this on a community board in Nairobi this morning. Take care.
Hope it all works out, Alexandre. Shared it with a few friends. Take care.
Sending good thoughts, Alexandre. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I'm in accounting myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
Hope things get better soon, Alexandre. Shared it with a few friends. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. God bless.
Thinking of you, Alexandre. Gave what I could, wish it was more