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Dignity in old age: caring for Lakshmi
Help Lakshmi stay in her own home with four months of part-time care.
🇮🇳 411743, Pune, Maharashtra, India1,983 views
I'm caring for my mother, who's 89. After a diagnosis of dementia Lakshmi can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Lakshmi 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.
Lakshmi worked all of her life as a bus driver, 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 $700 goes:
• Medication and prescriptions: $105
• Part-time carer (four months): $550
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $45
I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
Updates from Saraswathi
We're at 12% thanks to 4 of you. the first invoice got paid this week. More news soon. - Saraswathi
Thank you all. We're at 29% now ($205). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for part-time carer is now scheduled.
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“Rooting for you. Please keep us posted. - Nakuru”
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Thinking of you and your family, Saraswathi. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. Thinking of Pune.
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Lakshmi.
The list at the bottom is the whole picture. medication and prescriptions is the biggest at $105. I'll keep the page updated.
Hope it all works out, Saraswathi. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I went through something like this 13 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of Pune
Rooting for you. I hope things turn around soon. Greetings from Columbia.
good luck, Saraswathi. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We're a small family in Shreveport but we're thinking of you. All the best.
look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. Thinking of Pune.