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Dignity in old age: caring for Ga-eun
Ga-eun, 95, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $2,400 for a carer and medicines.
🇰🇷 Busan, Busan, South Korea3,535 views
I'm caring for me, who's 95. After a stroke last July Ga-eun can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Ga-eun 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.
Ga-eun worked all of her life as a carpenter, 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 $2,400 goes:
• Part-time carer (four months): $1,750
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $290
• Medication and prescriptions: $360
Glad we found this place.
- Ga-eun
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How is Ga-eun doing now?
Praying for you. Your post was clear and honest. Greetings from Augsburg
sending love, Ga-eun. Hope the doctors have good news. All the best.
I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. My mother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Greetings from Mapo.
is there anything that isn't money that would help Ga-eun?
Thank you. If you're in Busan I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. It helps to be asked.
Sending strength, Ga-eun. I hope things turn around soon. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.
Take care. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Put this on a community board in Manila this morning. All the best.
wishing Ga-eun a smooth procedure and a full recovery.
keep going, Ga-eun. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I went through something like this 3 years ago and strangers helped me out.