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Dignity in old age: caring for Jaxon

Jaxon can't afford the care He needs after a fall and hip fracture; we're asking for $3,650.

🇨🇦 Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada3,936 views
Gloria W. McBride
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Lethbridge
I'm caring for my father, who's 89. After a fall and hip fracture Jaxon can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Jaxon desperately wants to stay at home. I work 50 hours a week and have cut back to look after him, but we need a part-time carer. Jaxon worked all of his life as a carpenter, and raised 3 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 $3,650 goes: • Part-time carer (three months): $2,500 • Medication and prescriptions: $430 • Hospital bed and mattress rental: $290 • Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $430 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.

Updates from Gloria

  1. Wanted to say thank you properly. 89% funded and I made the first payment toward medication and prescriptions.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 38% now ($1,389). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.

  • Anonymous 🇵🇱 · $250

    “Best of luck. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Wrocław”

  • Anonymous 🇺🇦 · $250

    “Stay strong. Only $250 but hope it helps. - Kharkiv”

  • Femi Obinna Balogun 🇳🇬 · $200
  • Aaliyah H. Schmidt 🇺🇸 · $100
  • Oskar Ludwig Horn 🇩🇪 · $100

    “All the best. Thought of Jaxon all day after reading this. - Nuremberg”

  • Ewa Weronika Michalski 🇵🇱 · $100

    “Hang in there - Gdynia”

  • Lena Forsberg 🇸🇪 · $100
  • Revathi J. Shetty 🇮🇳 · $100
  • Maksym Oleg Kuzmin 🇺🇦 · $100
  • Sebastião Guilherme Lacerda 🇧🇷 · $100

    “Hope things get better. Thought of Jaxon all day after reading this. - Ribeirão Preto”

  • Thiago Gustavo Santana 🇧🇷 · $100
  • Pravin A. Venter 🇿🇦 · $100
  • Payal B. Rawat 🇮🇳 · $100
  • Anonymous 🇪🇬 · $100
  • Rattana Saowaluk Intharat 🇹🇭 · $100
  • Beth P. Graham 🇦🇺 · $79

    “Only $79 but hope it helps. - Sydney”

  • Jaxon T. Holland 🇬🇧 · $77
  • Carolina Natália Campos 🇧🇷 · $75
  • Cláudio Otávio Santana 🇧🇷 · $75
  • Kalyani W. Murthy 🇮🇳 · $75

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  • Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. We're a small family in London but we're thinking of you

    • hope things get better soon. Shared it with a few friends. After 9 years in farming I know how hard it's to ask for anything.

      • Thinking of you, Gloria. This could happen to any of us

        • Kunal R. KumarPhoto verified

          good luck, Gloria. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Take care.

          • Rooting for you, Gloria. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Lethbridge.

            • Hope the doctors have good news. Don't give up. Greetings from Bakersfield.

              • Mariana HerreraID verified

                So sorry you're going through this, Gloria. Shared this with my family. God bless.

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