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Eleanor wants to stay at home - help fund four months of care
Help Eleanor stay in her own home with four months of part-time care.
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I'm caring for my mother, who's 91. After worsening Parkinson's disease Eleanor can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Eleanor 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.
Eleanor worked all of her life as a seamstress, and raised 2 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 $3,150 goes:
• Part-time carer (four months): $1,900
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $420
• Medication and prescriptions: $830
Thanks for being kind about this.
- Marcus
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Best of luck, Marcus. I hope things turn around soon. All the best
It takes guts to ask. Well done. Sent it to 7 people at work
Stay strong, Marcus. Hope this works out for you. All the best
Thinking of you, Marcus. Hope the doctors have good news. Wish I lived closer to San Jose so I could bring a meal!
Praying for you, Marcus. Hope this works out for you
Take care. Hope the doctors have good news. Don't be hard on yourself for asking
sending love, Marcus. Shared this with my family. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Blessings.