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Dignity in old age: caring for Beatrice

Beatrice, 78, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $1,000 for a carer and medicines.

🇬🇭 Ho, Volta, Ghana598 views
Portia Elizabeth Abdul
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Ho
I'm caring for my mother, who's 78. After the death of her spouse Beatrice can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Beatrice desperately wants to stay at home. I work 50 hours a week and have cut back to look after her, but we need a part-time carer. Beatrice worked all of her 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 $1,000 goes: • Part-time carer (four months): $770 • Medication and prescriptions: $110 • Hospital bed and mattress rental: $60 • Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $60 Every share and every dollar helps. - Portia

Updates from Portia

  1. Wanted to say thank you properly. 54% funded and the plan for hospital bed and mattress rental is now scheduled.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 44% now ($436). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for medication and prescriptions is now scheduled.

  3. We're at 14% thanks to 4 of you. the plan for hospital bed and mattress rental is now scheduled. More news soon.

  • Leandro Murilo Ribeiro 🇧🇷 · $20

    “From my family to yours. Saw your post and had to give. - Salvador”

  • Remedios A. Dizon 🇵🇭 · $20

    “Thought of Beatrice all day after reading this. - Iloilo City”

  • Duygu Gizem Bozkurt 🇹🇷 · $25
  • Giovana Natália Oliveira 🇧🇷 · $49

    “Wishing you the best. My cousin told me about this one. - Brasília”

  • Henrique Fábio Correia 🇧🇷 · $50

    “Every little bit. My brother told me about this one. - Ribeirão Preto”

  • Slamet Naufal Gozali 🇮🇩 · $56

    “Best of luck. - Semarang”

  • Radha Pooja Karki 🇳🇵 · $10

    “Thought of Beatrice all day after reading this. - Kathmandu”

  • Ronnie A. Pascual 🇵🇭 · $20
  • Hari S. Srinivasan 🇮🇳 · $10

    “Every little bit. Only $10 but hope it helps. - Surat”

  • Diana Florina Zamfir 🇷🇴 · $48

    “Sending love. Only $48 but hope it helps.”

  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $25

    “Blessings. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Mysuru”

  • Erlangga Yusuf Pane 🇮🇩 · $100
  • Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $20
  • Rukhsar Uzma Awan 🇵🇰 · $10
  • Usman Tariq Zardari 🇵🇰 · $15
  • Dina Samira Nassar 🇪🇬 · $100

    “Take care of yourselves. Small amount but sent with love. - Cairo”

  • Anonymous 🇪🇸 · $50

    “From my family to yours. I'm in Móstoles, thinking of you. - Móstoles”

  • Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $66

    “Be well. Hope the October deadline works out. - Campinas”

  • Lorenzo E. Núñez 🇪🇸 · $5

    “Hope things get better. From Móstoles with love.”

  • Phương Hương Pham 🇻🇳 · $20

    “Be well. From Thủ Đức with love.”

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  • Take care. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. My husband and I read this together.

    • can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Ho

      • So sorry you're going through this. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Greetings from Bhaktapur.

        • hang in there. Hope this works out for you. Wish I lived closer to Riverside so I could bring a meal. Thinking of Ho.

          $769 raised of $1,000

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