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Cooper wants to stay at home - help fund four months of care

Help Cooper stay in his own home with four months of part-time care.

🇺🇸 16536, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States3,821 views
Gianna Whitmore
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Erie
I'm caring for my father, who's 88. After worsening Parkinson's disease Cooper can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Cooper 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. Cooper worked all of his life as a seamstress, and raised 3 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. Funds cover the carer's wages, medicines, a hospital bed rental and incontinence supplies. Where the $3,400 goes: • Part-time carer (four months): $2,350 • Medication and prescriptions: $370 • Hospital bed and mattress rental: $330 • Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $350 I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to. - Gianna
#elder-care#home-care#family#elderly

Updates from Gianna

  1. Update from Erie: I made the first payment toward part-time carer. We're at 87% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Wanted to say thank you properly. 70% funded and I made the first payment toward mobility aids and bathroom adaptations.

  3. Small update. $586 so far, we've started the first stage.

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  • Qian Shan Jiang

    wishing you peace, Gianna. Looking forward to the next update. My husband and I read this together. God bless.

    • Javeria Amna Kazmi

      Sending good thoughts, Gianna. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We're a small family in Chicago but we're thinking of you.

      • Felipe Rezende

        Hope it all works out, Gianna. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Blessings

        • Oluwaseun Nkechi Anyanwu

          rooting for you, Gianna. This could happen to any of us.

          • Dinusha Thilini JayawardenaID verified

            Wishing you peace. Hope the doctors have good news. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Toronto.

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