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Dineo wants to stay at home - help fund three months of care
Help Dineo stay in her own home with three months of part-time care.
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I'm caring for my mother, who's 75. After a diagnosis of dementia Dineo can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Dineo 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.
Dineo worked all of her life as a seamstress, and raised 4 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 $850 goes:
• Part-time carer (three months): $660
• Medication and prescriptions: $90
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $100
I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
- Thandi
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look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Blessings.
Keep going. Hope the doctors have good news. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Take care.
Sending strength, Thandi. Hope this works out for you. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. God bless.