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Danielle wants to stay at home - help fund three months of care
Danielle, 86, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $5,000 for a carer and medicines.
🇺🇸 Peoria, Illinois, United States4,256 views
I'm caring for my mother, who's 86. After a heart attack Danielle can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Danielle 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.
Danielle worked all of her life as a bus driver, and raised 3 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.
Funds cover the carer's wages, medicines, a hospital bed rental and incontinence supplies.
Where the $5,000 goes:
• Medication and prescriptions: $560
• Part-time carer (three months): $3,800
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $640
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
- Nicholas
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is there anything that isn't money that would help Danielle?
Sharing the link is the biggest thing. And if you know anything about medication and prescriptions, advice is welcome too. Ask me anything else.
keep going. Looking forward to the next update. Greetings from Mansoura.
how is Danielle doing now?
Sending love, Nicholas. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Greetings from Niterói.
this could happen to any of us. My mother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.
Hang in there, Nicholas. Looking forward to the next update. Thinking of Peoria
Get well soon. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. All the best.
thinking of you and your family, Nicholas. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.
sending good thoughts. Get well soon. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too.
Wishing you peace, Nicholas. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Take care.