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Dignity in old age: caring for Portia
Help Portia stay in her own home with six months of part-time care.
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I'm caring for my mother, who's 76. After the death of her spouse Portia can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Portia 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.
Portia worked all of her life as a schoolteacher, and raised 2 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.
Funds cover the carer's wages, medicines, a hospital bed rental and incontinence supplies.
Where the $1,000 goes:
• Part-time carer (six months): $720
• Medication and prescriptions: $140
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $50
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $90
I hope life is good to you.
- Victoria
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Wishing you peace, Victoria. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest
Take care, Victoria. Your post was clear and honest. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Take care.
Sending strength, Victoria. Hope this works out for you. Take care
this could happen to any of us. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Thinking of Accra!
Good luck. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Love from Detroit