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Care for Vasiliki, 90: help cover a carer and medication in Athens
Vasiliki, 90, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $3,000 for a carer and medicines.
🇬🇷 Athens, Attica, Greece3,761 views
I'm caring for my mother, who's 90. After the death of her spouse Vasiliki can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Vasiliki 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.
Vasiliki worked all of her life as a schoolteacher, and raised 4 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.
Funds cover the carer's wages, medicines, a hospital bed rental and incontinence supplies.
Where the $3,000 goes:
• Part-time carer (eight months): $2,450
• Medication and prescriptions: $230
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $200
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $120
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
- Nikos
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- Rattana Uthai Onsri 🇹🇭 · $500
“Happy to help. Hope the June deadline works out. - Bang Khen”
- Joaquín J. Díaz 🇲🇽 · $250
- Cecilia D. Rodriguez 🇵🇭 · $250
“Take care of yourselves. Only $250 but hope it helps. - Caloocan”
- Sebastian Karl Schneider 🇩🇪 · $200
- Fatima Hira Tarar 🇵🇰 · $100
- Qasim Ahmed Taha 🇸🇦 · $100
“Happy to help. Thought of Vasiliki all day after reading this. - Dammam”
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“Wishing you the best. Only $70 but hope it helps. - Aswan”
- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $59.50
- James W. Wade 🇺🇸 · $50
“Stay strong. Thought of Vasiliki all day after reading this.”
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“Wish I could do more. Please keep us posted. - Indore”
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is there anything that isn't money that would help Vasiliki?
Thank you. If you're in Athens I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Thanks, that means a lot.
Praying for you, Nikos. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too.
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Vasiliki.
Everything on the list is an amount I've been quoted or invoiced. part-time carer (eight months) comes first ($2,450) and I'll update the page as each thing gets paid. It helps to be asked.
Sending love. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. We're a small family in Santos but we're thinking of you
Wishing you the best. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. Wish I lived closer to Cebu City so I could bring a meal.
Thinking of you, Nikos. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did.
Thanks for sharing this. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. It's not much but it's yours. Greetings from Alcalá de Henares.