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Dignity in old age: caring for Rani
Rani, 85, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $5,500 for a carer and medicines.
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I'm caring for me, who's 85. After a diagnosis of dementia Rani can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Rani desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 50 hours a week and have cut back to look after her, but we need a part-time carer.
Rani worked all of her life as a shopkeeper, and raised 2 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back.
Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for three 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 $5,500 goes:
• Part-time carer (three months): $4,150
• Medication and prescriptions: $790
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $300
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $260
Thanks for reading all this.
- Rani
Updates from Rani
Good news. Because of your gifts ($1,555 in total) I met with the care agency and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
Update from Mississauga: we've started the first stage. We're at 26% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
16% there. I made the first payment toward medication and prescriptions. Thank you.
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Take care, Rani. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Mississauga.
Thinking of you, Rani. Hope you get there. Blessings