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Donatella wants to stay at home - help fund four months of care
Donatella, 95, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $3,900 for a carer and medicines.
🇮🇹 Sicily, Italy1,753 views
I'm caring for my mother, who's 95. After a fall and hip fracture Donatella can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Donatella desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 25 hours a week and have cut back to look after her, but we need a part-time carer.
Donatella 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 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 $3,900 goes:
• Part-time carer (four months): $3,250
• Medication and prescriptions: $320
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $195
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $135
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
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- Piumi Iresha Fernando 🇱🇰 · $200
“Hope the November deadline works out. - Galle”
- Rodrigo D. Velasco 🇪🇸 · $200
- Nonso Nwankwo 🇳🇬 · $100
“Hope things get better. Thought of Donatella all day after reading this.”
- Shivam E. Bajwa 🇮🇳 · $100
“All the best. Thought of Donatella all day after reading this. - Ahmedabad”
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $100
- Emery Contreras 🇬🇧 · $100
- Dario Pietro Valentini 🇮🇹 · $88
- Kateryna Marina Smirnov 🇺🇦 · $76
“God bless. Hope the November deadline works out. - Kyiv”
- Heitor Alexandre Barros 🇧🇷 · $50
- Esra Rabia Bozkurt 🇹🇷 · $50
“Thought of Donatella all day after reading this. - Üsküdar”
- Yamini Tripathi 🇮🇳 · $50
- Samuel T. Ocampo 🇵🇭 · $50
- Karin Hartmann 🇩🇪 · $50
- Isla Holland 🇺🇸 · $50
“All the best. Only $50 but hope it helps. - St. Petersburg”
- Lena Elisabeth Franke 🇩🇪 · $30
“Every little bit. From Augsburg with love. - Augsburg”
- Ganesh C. Narayanan 🇮🇳 · $30
- Paisley T. Holmes 🇺🇸 · $25
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- Yvonne Jolanda Huisman 🇳🇱 · $25
- Rohit P. Parmar 🇮🇳 · $25
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can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Catania.
Hope things get better soon, Domenico. Gave what I could, wish it was more. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. God bless.
Wishing you peace. This could happen to any of us. I'm in hospitality myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. All the best.
Stay strong, Domenico. This could happen to any of us. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Greetings from Mardan.
You're not alone, Domenico. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My neighbor in Mardan donated after I showed her your page. Thinking of Catania.
Sending good thoughts, Domenico. Hope you get there. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.
Hope things get better soon, Domenico. Gave what I could, wish it was more
Thinking of you and your family. This could happen to any of us. Thinking of Catania!