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Dignity in old age: caring for Trang
Trang, 95, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $1,500 for a carer and medicines.
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States1,438 views
I'm caring for my mother, who's 95. After a diagnosis of dementia Trang can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Trang 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.
Trang worked all of her life as a farmer, 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 $1,500 goes:
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $310
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $430
• Medication and prescriptions: $760
I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
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Take care, Phượng. Shared this with my family. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. God bless
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. All the best!
stay strong, Phượng. This could happen to any of us. Love from Ciudad de México
You're not alone, Phượng. This could happen to any of us. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Cincinnati.
Wishing you peace, Phượng. Wishing Trang a smooth procedure and a full recovery. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.