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Dignity in old age: caring for Chang-min
Chang-min, 80, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $1,050 for a carer and medicines.
🇰🇷 Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea1,367 views
I'm caring for my father, who's 80. After the death of his spouse Chang-min can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Chang-min desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 40 hours a week and have cut back to look after him, but we need a part-time carer.
Chang-min worked all of his life as a bus driver, and raised 2 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.
The carer will be employed through a registered agency and paid directly. I'll share the agency invoices.
Where the $1,050 goes:
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $230
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $240
• Medication and prescriptions: $580
Thank you for reading my story.
- Jung-hee
Updates from Jung-hee
We're at 47% thanks to 6 of you. we've started the first stage. More news soon.
Small update. $245 so far, we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.
Thank you all. We're at 13% now ($135). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.
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Praying for you, Jung-hee. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side.
A colleague of mine might know someone for this in Seoul. I'll ask around and let you know!
So sorry you're going through this, Jung-hee. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Blessings.
Keep going, Jung-hee. Hope the doctors have good news. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double