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Dignity in old age: caring for Eliana

Help Eliana stay in her own home with eight months of part-time care.

🇺🇸 United States735 views
Oliver A. Watkins
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San Diego
I'm caring for my mother, who's 94. After the death of her spouse Eliana can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Eliana desperately wants to stay at home. I work 25 hours a week and have cut back to look after her, but we need a part-time carer. Eliana worked all of her life as a schoolteacher, and raised 3 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back. Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for eight months will make a huge difference. Funds cover the carer's wages, medicines, a hospital bed rental and incontinence supplies. Where the $1,250 goes: • Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $270 • Hospital bed and mattress rental: $510 • Medication and prescriptions: $470 Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
#elder-care#home-care#family#elderly

Updates from Oliver

  1. Thank you all. We're at 11% now ($139). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($60 in total) the plan for hospital bed and mattress rental is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  3. Quick update: $40 raised so far (3%). I met with the care agency and confirmed the amounts. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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RecentTop gifts
  • Sita Sushma Bhandari 🇳🇵 · $250

    “God bless. I'm in Dharan, thinking of you.”

  • Masud Alamin Zaman 🇧🇩 · $100

    “Thought of Eliana all day after reading this. - Dhaka”

  • Gloria Felicia Manu 🇬🇭 · $79

    “Wish I could do more. Thought of Eliana all day after reading this. - Accra”

  • Umar Wahyu Ramadhan 🇮🇩 · $20
  • Kumara Wickramasinghe 🇱🇰 · $15

    “All the best. Hope the April deadline works out. - Negombo”

  • Siddharth H. Jadeja 🇮🇳 · $25

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