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Home care fund for Brigitte in Berlin
Brigitte, 92, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $3,900 for a carer and medicines.
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I'm caring for my mother, who's 92. After worsening Parkinson's disease Brigitte can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Brigitte 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.
Brigitte worked all of her life as a farmer, and raised 4 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back.
Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for six 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 (six months): $2,600
• Medication and prescriptions: $650
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $360
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $290
I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
- Laura
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you're not alone. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. After 11 years in engineering I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
Best of luck. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
Praying for you. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. My neighbor in Wollongong donated after I showed her your page. God bless
Thanks for sharing this, Laura. Hope you get there. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. All the best.
Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. We're a small family in Nizamabad but we're thinking of you. God bless
Take care. Shared this with my family. It's not much but it's yours. God bless.