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Care for Sophia, 78: help cover a carer and medication in Nottingham

Sophia, 78, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $4,000 for a carer and medicines.

🇬🇧 England, United Kingdom4,942 views
Sophia C. Duncan
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Nottingham
I'm caring for me, who's 78. After a heart attack Sophia can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Sophia 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. Sophia worked all of her life as a shopkeeper, and raised 3 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 $4,000 goes: • Medication and prescriptions: $280 • Hospital bed and mattress rental: $330 • Part-time carer (six months): $3,390 If you're reading this, thank you. - Sophia
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Updates from Sophia

  1. 69% there. I made the first payment toward medication and prescriptions. Thank you.

  2. We're at 17% thanks to 15 of you. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. More news soon.

  3. Small update. $1,568 so far, we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.

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  • Jihan Hesti Lie 🇮🇩 · $26.50
  • Elias Richards 🇬🇧 · $9
  • Javier S. Reyes 🇺🇸 · $30
  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $13

    “Hang in there. Gave what I could this week. - Allentown”

  • Janet T. Stevens 🇬🇧 · $25

    “Wishing you the best. Thought of Sophia all day after reading this. - Birmingham”

  • Theresa Adjoa Boateng 🇬🇭 · $30

    “Be well. Hope the December deadline works out. - Accra”

  • Sun-hee Eun-kyung Ryu 🇰🇷 · $10
  • Julián C. Urbina 🇨🇴 · $100
  • Niels Gerrit Van der Meer 🇳🇱 · $100

    “Keep your head up. Hope the December deadline works out. - Haarlem”

  • Anonymous 🇨🇦 · $100
  • Dayo Victor Ogunleye 🇳🇬 · $100
  • Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $10
  • Sarah Florence Rodriguez 🇫🇷 · $49
  • Ngozi Zainab Nnamdi 🇳🇬 · $500
  • Jorge W. Ortiz 🇲🇽 · $79

    “Take care of yourselves. Hope the December deadline works out. - Coyoacán”

  • Konstantin Vadym Zhukov 🇺🇦 · $30
  • Anonymous 🇻🇳 · $50
  • Marina Zoe Papadopoulos 🇬🇷 · $25
  • Yuni Wulan Salim 🇮🇩 · $100
  • Joshua B. Guzman 🇺🇸 · $25

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  • Adnan Saad Farooqi

    Take care. Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Melbourne

    • Queen Zainab Balogun

      Thinking of you, Sophia. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. Don't give up. Greetings from Pretoria

      • Kavita C. Patel

        Hope things get better soon, Sophia. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick

        $4,491.50 raised of $4,000

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