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Care for Swetha, 83: help cover a carer and medication in Mumbai
Swetha, 83, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $900 for a carer and medicines.
🇮🇳 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India922 views
I'm caring for my mother, who's 83. After a diagnosis of dementia Swetha can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Swetha 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.
Swetha worked all of her life as a bus driver, and raised 2 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back.
Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for three 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 $900 goes:
• Part-time carer (three months): $690
• Medication and prescriptions: $80
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $50
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $80
Thank you so much.
- Harini
Updates from Harini
Quick update: $445 raised so far (49%). I made the first payment toward hospital bed and mattress rental. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
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Take care, Harini. Hope this works out for you. Blessings.
Hope you get there. I hope October is when things finally get easier. Blessings
Keep going, Harini. Your post was clear and honest.
Sending love. I hope things turn around soon. I hope October is when things finally get easier