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Dignity in old age: caring for Unathi
Unathi can't afford the care She needs after a stroke last August; we're asking for $1,250.
🇿🇦 South Africa755 views
I'm caring for my mother, who's 87. After a stroke last August Unathi can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Unathi 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.
Unathi worked all of her life as a factory worker, and raised 3 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back.
Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for eight months will make a huge difference.
Funds cover the carer's wages, medicines, a hospital bed rental and incontinence supplies.
Where the $1,250 goes:
• Part-time carer (eight months): $1,000
• Medication and prescriptions: $110
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $140
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
- Annelie
Updates from Annelie
Thank you all. We're at 9% now ($111). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward part-time carer.
- Rolf Strand 🇸🇪 · $24.50
- Isamu Akira Maeda 🇯🇵 · $30.50
“Be well - Sakai”
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $20
- Purvi T. Vora 🇮🇳 · $10
- Irfan Vino Handoko 🇮🇩 · $50
“Be well. Thought of Unathi all day after reading this. - Jakarta”
- Cooper T. Warren 🇺🇸 · $10
- Supaporn Orawan Boonmee 🇹🇭 · $20
“Happy to help. Only $20 but hope it helps. - Phuket”
- Kiara W. Kumar 🇮🇳 · $31.50
“Hope this helps. Thought of Unathi all day after reading this. - Nashik”
- Irene B. Peña 🇨🇴 · $10
- Carlos P. Pacheco 🇲🇽 · $10
- Seema Mittal 🇮🇳 · $32.50
- Anonymous 🇨🇦 · $20
“Be well. Thought of Unathi all day after reading this.”
- Gang Ping Tang 🇦🇺 · $18
- Rashid Anwar Aziz 🇦🇺 · $20
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thinking of you and your family. Hope the doctors have good news. Greetings from Cairo.
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Unathi.
The list at the bottom is the whole picture. part-time carer (eight months) is the biggest at $1,000. Thanks for looking so closely.
Hope things get better soon. Shared it with a few friends. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Love from Jakarta.
Wishing you the best, Annelie. Hope the doctors have good news. Put this on a community board in Houston this morning. God bless