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Hendra wants to stay at home - help fund three months of care
Hendra, 77, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $750 for a carer and medicines.
🇮🇩 Jakarta Selatan, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia804 views
I'm caring for my father, who's 77. After a heart attack Hendra can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Hendra desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 25 hours a week and have cut back to look after him, but we need a part-time carer.
Hendra worked all of his life as a carpenter, and raised 2 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.
Funds cover the carer's wages, medicines, a hospital bed rental and incontinence supplies.
Where the $750 goes:
• Part-time carer (three months): $490
• Medication and prescriptions: $105
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $35
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $120
With deep gratitude,
Utami
Updates from Utami
Update from Jakarta Selatan: the plan for medication and prescriptions is now scheduled. We're at 61% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Thank you all. We're at 31% now ($232). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward mobility aids and bathroom adaptations.
- Luiz Márcio Ferreira 🇧🇷 · $100
- Suresh J. Raju 🇮🇳 · $100
“Stay strong. Thought of Hendra all day after reading this. - Aurangabad”
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $100
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $100
- Natalia Fotini Stavrou 🇬🇷 · $100
- Kalyani S. Phadke 🇮🇳 · $100
- Gaurav T. Bajpai 🇮🇳 · $80
“Hang in there. Hope the February deadline works out. - Varanasi”
- Mohammad Joy Chowdhury 🇬🇧 · $50
- Nahid Babu Molla 🇧🇩 · $25
- Mirjam Ellen Bos 🇳🇱 · $22
“Hope this helps. Thought of Hendra all day after reading this. - Rotterdam”
- Hannah Theresa Donkor 🇬🇭 · $20
- Aniket F. Chavan 🇮🇳 · $15
- José Heitor Monteiro 🇧🇷 · $10
- Teresa Julia Baran 🇵🇱 · $5
- Jessica F. Abrahams 🇿🇦 · $5
- Da-eun So-yeon Yang 🇰🇷 · $5
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You're not alone, Utami. Shared it with a few friends. After 20 years in social work I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Love from Epe.
Good luck. Hope the doctors have good news. My mother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Love from Alcalá de Henares