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Dignity in old age: caring for Samira
Samira can't afford the care She needs after a stroke last June; we're asking for $5,550.
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I'm caring for my mother, who's 81. After a stroke last June Samira can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Samira 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.
Samira worked all of her life as a carpenter, and raised 5 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 $5,550 goes:
• Part-time carer (six months): $4,300
• Medication and prescriptions: $690
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $240
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $320
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Thinking of you, Anwar. Hope the doctors have good news. God bless
Hope it all works out. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Thinking of London
thinking of you. Hope the doctors have good news. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. God bless.
Good luck, Anwar. Get well soon.
sending love. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.