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Care for Yoga, 76: help cover a carer and medication in Jakarta
Yoga, 76, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $800 for a carer and medicines.
🇮🇩 DKI Jakarta, Indonesia761 views
I'm caring for my father, who's 76. After the death of his spouse Yoga can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Yoga desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 30 hours a week and have cut back to look after him, but we need a part-time carer.
Yoga worked all of his life as a nurse, and raised 5 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back.
Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for four 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 $800 goes:
• Medication and prescriptions: $55
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $65
• Part-time carer (four months): $680
Glad we found this place.
Updates from Joko
Good news. Because of your gifts ($192 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
We're at 17% thanks to 5 of you. I met with the care agency and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.
Small update. $75 so far, the plan for part-time carer is now scheduled.
- Gijs Erik Van Dijk 🇳🇱 · $50
- Wanida Anong Phongsri 🇹🇭 · $50
“You got this. Thought of Yoga all day after reading this.”
- Miguel A. Velasco 🇲🇽 · $50
- Jayson A. Santos 🇵🇭 · $47
- Roberto T. Serrano 🇨🇴 · $25
- Paresh B. Vora 🇮🇳 · $15
- Sergio Roberto Gentile 🇮🇹 · $10
- Minh Toàn Ha 🇻🇳 · $10
“Keep your head up. Only $10 but hope it helps. - Hanoi”
- Massimo Fabio Bianco 🇮🇹 · $10
- Herman W. Francisco 🇵🇭 · $5
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is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Yoga!
Take care, Joko. Looking forward to the next update. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Blessings.
thanks for sharing this, Joko. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. Don't give up. Take care.
praying for you, Joko. Hope you get there.