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Dignity in old age: caring for Keith
Help Keith stay in his own home with eight months of part-time care.
🇺🇸 Tallahassee, Florida, United States2,098 views
I'm caring for my father, who's 84. After a fall and hip fracture Keith can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Keith 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.
Keith worked all of his life as a seamstress, and raised 2 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.
The carer will be employed through a registered agency and paid directly. I'll share the agency invoices.
Where the $5,000 goes:
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $270
• Medication and prescriptions: $710
• Part-time carer (eight months): $4,020
Glad we found this place.
- Brooks
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take care, Brooks. This could happen to any of us. Put this on a community board in Thane this morning.
Good luck, Brooks. This could happen to any of us.
Stay strong. This could happen to any of us. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Take care