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Care for Szymon, 74: help cover a carer and medication in Gliwice
Szymon, 74, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $1,300 for a carer and medicines.
🇵🇱 Gliwice, Silesia, Poland1,534 views
I'm caring for me, who's 74. After a diagnosis of dementia Szymon can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Szymon desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 25 hours a week and have cut back to look after him, but we need a part-time carer.
Szymon worked all of his life as a shopkeeper, and raised 2 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 $1,300 goes:
• Part-time carer (six months): $820
• Medication and prescriptions: $190
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $195
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $95
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
- Szymon
Updates from Szymon
Wanted to say thank you properly. 8% funded and the plan for mobility aids and bathroom adaptations is now scheduled.
- Carmen J. López 🇨🇴 · $250
“Sending love. My mother told me about this one. - Medellín”
- Shahid Salman Orakzai 🇵🇰 · $50
“Praying for you. My neighbor told me about this one. - Sukkur”
- Alberto B. Flores 🇺🇸 · $50
- Geeta P. Tandon 🇮🇳 · $30
- Anonymous 🇸🇦 · $25
- Jaxon C. Riley 🇺🇸 · $25
“Thinking of you. Hope you get the rest soon. - Fort Worth”
- Pranjal R. Jadeja 🇮🇳 · $20
- Shuvo Ratul Kabir 🇧🇩 · $10
“All the best. Thought of Szymon all day after reading this. - Narayanganj”
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $8
- Monika Andrea Schröder 🇩🇪 · $5
- Ana N. Orozco 🇺🇸 · $5
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Best of luck. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. My colleague had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Blessings.