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Dignity in old age: caring for Colette
Help Colette stay in her own home with four months of part-time care.
🇫🇷 Boulogne-Billancourt, Île-de-France, France759 views
I'm caring for my mother, who's 96. After a heart attack Colette can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Colette 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.
Colette worked all of her life as a carpenter, and raised 2 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 $4,800 goes:
• Part-time carer (four months): $3,550
• Medication and prescriptions: $610
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $260
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $380
If you're reading this, thank you.
Updates from Solène
Quick update: $75 raised so far (2%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
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