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Dignity in old age: caring for Maya
Help Maya stay in her own home with four months of part-time care.
🇮🇩 Central Java, Indonesia416 views
I'm caring for me, who's 75. After the death of her spouse Maya can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Maya desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 30 hours a week and have cut back to look after her, but we need a part-time carer.
Maya worked all of her life as a shopkeeper, 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 $750 goes:
• Part-time carer (four months): $470
• Medication and prescriptions: $130
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $70
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $80
Thank you so much.
- Maya
Updates from Maya
Thank you all. We're at 19% now ($142). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.
Thank you all. We're at 6% now ($43). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the care agency and confirmed the amounts.
We're at 2% thanks to 1 of you. I made the first payment toward medication and prescriptions. More news soon.
- Sathi Shima Ghosh 🇧🇩 · $10
- Samuel Luiz Martins 🇧🇷 · $79
“Blessings. Only $79 but hope it helps. - Duque de Caxias”
- Stanislav Taras Tkachenko 🇺🇦 · $20
“Thought of Maya all day after reading this. - Kharkiv”
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $25
- Anonymous 🇨🇦 · $17.50
“Get well soon. My cousin told me about this one. - Ottawa”
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Wishing you peace. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Semarang
Thinking of you and your family, Maya. Hope this works out for you. Greetings from San Francisco.
hang in there, Maya. Get well soon. Greetings from Mardan
Sending good thoughts, Maya. Wishing Maya a smooth procedure and a full recovery. I went through something like this 7 years ago and strangers helped me out.
It takes guts to ask. Well done. My husband and I read this together. All the best!
So sorry you're going through this, Maya. Hope the doctors have good news. Blessings!
Rooting for you. Looking forward to the next update. After 28 years in retail I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Thinking of Semarang.
Wishing Maya a smooth procedure and a full recovery.
Hope things get better soon, Maya. Hope the doctors have good news. Thinking of Semarang.
Sending strength. Shared it with a few friends. Thinking of Semarang.
Get well soon. Wish I lived closer to San Diego so I could bring a meal.
keep going, Maya. I hope things turn around soon. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Love from Lahore.