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Home care fund for Carmen in Duluth
Help Carmen stay in her own home with four months of part-time care.
🇺🇸 Duluth, Minnesota, United States1,624 views
I'm caring for my mother, who's 81. After a stroke last August Carmen can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Carmen desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 40 hours a week and have cut back to look after her, but we need a part-time carer.
Carmen 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 $6,400 goes:
• Part-time carer (four months): $5,250
• Medication and prescriptions: $460
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $340
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $350
Thank you so much.
Updates from Araceli
Good news. Because of your gifts ($231 in total) the first invoice got paid this week. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
Small update. $331 so far, I met with the care agency and confirmed the amounts.
- Anonymous 🇳🇱 · $49.50
- Pranjal R. Dave 🇮🇳 · $10
“You got this. Thought of Carmen all day after reading this.”
- Óscar K. Arias 🇦🇷 · $25
“Keep your head up. Thought of Carmen all day after reading this. - Mar del Plata”
- Pongsak Anan Saelim 🇹🇭 · $100
“Thinking of you. My father told me about this one. - Bang Khen”
- Rolando R. Garcia 🇵🇭 · $25
- Jacob B. Davidson 🇺🇸 · $206
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Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Duluth!
Thank you. If you're in Duluth I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Thanks, that means a lot.
Gave what I could, wish it was more. I'm in teaching myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Love from Nagpur!
rooting for you, Araceli. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Take care.
Praying for you, Araceli. Hope this works out for you
Sending good thoughts, Araceli. Shared this with my family. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
So sorry you're going through this, Araceli. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. God bless.