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Dignity in old age: caring for Lucas
Lucas, 87, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $3,850 for a carer and medicines.
🇬🇧 Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom1,770 views
I'm caring for my father, who's 87. After a fall and hip fracture Lucas can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Lucas desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 40 hours a week and have cut back to look after him, but we need a part-time carer.
Lucas worked all of his life as a seamstress, and raised 3 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back.
Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for six 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 $3,850 goes:
• Part-time carer (six months): $2,850
• Medication and prescriptions: $370
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $230
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $400
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Good luck. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Thinking of Aberdeen
Get well soon. My neighbor in Buenos Aires donated after I showed her your page. God bless
thanks for sharing this, Delilah. This could happen to any of us. Wish I lived closer to Heliopolis so I could bring a meal.
Thinking of you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Ho
wishing you peace, Delilah. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest.