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Dignity in old age: caring for Greyson
Greyson, 90, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $3,800 for a carer and medicines.
🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia2,991 views
I'm caring for my father, who's 90. After a fall and hip fracture Greyson can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Greyson desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 30 hours a week and have cut back to look after him, but we need a part-time carer.
Greyson worked all of his life as a carpenter, 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 $3,800 goes:
• Part-time carer (four months): $2,600
• Medication and prescriptions: $560
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $450
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $190
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- Angela
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So sorry you're going through this, Angela. Hope you get there. All the best!
Hang in there, Angela. Hope the doctors have good news. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Brisbane.
Sending strength, Angela. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Greetings from Rajkot.
Stay strong, Angela. Shared it with a few friends. Wish I lived closer to Móstoles so I could bring a meal.
hope the doctors have good news. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry!