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Dignity in old age: caring for Tejas
Tejas, 78, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $450 for a carer and medicines.
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I'm caring for my father, who's 78. After a heart attack Tejas can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Tejas desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 25 hours a week and have cut back to look after him, but we need a part-time carer.
Tejas worked all of his life as a nurse, and raised 3 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 $450 goes:
• Medication and prescriptions: $90
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $35
• Part-time carer (three months): $325
Thanks for reading all this.
- Parth
Updates from Parth
Good news. Because of your gifts ($99 in total) I met with the care agency and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Madeline Vance 🇺🇸 · $25
“Happy to help. Thought of Tejas all day after reading this.”
- Abosede Halima Igwe 🇳🇬 · $5
- Isla J. Radcliffe 🇺🇸 · $5
- Udari Kavindi Jayasuriya 🇱🇰 · $57
- Travis S. Holmes 🇺🇸 · $20
- Tunde Isaac Uba 🇳🇬 · $10
“Thought of Tejas all day after reading this. - Awka”
- Natalie P. Bennett 🇬🇧 · $54
“Good luck. Only $54 but hope it helps. - Birmingham”
- Lily S. Carter 🇺🇸 · $5
- Selamawit Birtukan Taye 🇪🇹 · $10
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