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Dignity in old age: caring for Angela
Help Angela stay in her own home with four months of part-time care.
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I'm caring for me, who's 95. After a fall and hip fracture Angela can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Angela desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 30 hours a week and have cut back to look after her, but we need a part-time carer.
Angela worked all of her life as a nurse, and raised 4 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 $3,650 goes:
• Part-time carer (four months): $2,600
• Medication and prescriptions: $440
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $220
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $390
Thanks for reading all this.
Updates from Angela
We're at 33% thanks to 30 of you. the first invoice got paid this week. More news soon.
Small update. $1,543 so far, I made the first payment toward mobility aids and bathroom adaptations.
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stay strong, Angela. Hope the doctors have good news. Wish I lived closer to Geelong so I could bring a meal. Thinking of Milan.
Praying for you. Looking forward to the next update. Greetings from Mbarara.
sending good thoughts, Angela. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of Milan.