MoneyElderly care
Home care fund for Haruka in Shinjuku
Haruka, 86, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $950 for a carer and medicines.
Anywhere in the world658 views
I'm caring for my mother, who's 86. After a diagnosis of dementia Haruka can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Haruka 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.
Haruka worked all of her life as a carpenter, and raised 5 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 $950 goes:
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $210
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $380
• Medication and prescriptions: $360
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Akira
Updates from Akira
Small update. $190 so far, I made the first payment toward hospital bed and mattress rental.
Good news. Because of your gifts ($135 in total) I made the first payment toward hospital bed and mattress rental. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Katerina Anastasia Lazaridis 🇬🇷 · $30
“Be well. From Thessaloniki with love. - Thessaloniki”
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $10
- Ngân Mai Vuong 🇺🇸 · $100
“God bless. From Hialeah with love.”
- Oliver K. Duncan 🇬🇧 · $10
“Take care of yourselves. My neighbor told me about this one. - Glasgow”
- Antoine Baptiste Denis 🇨🇦 · $200
- Anthony S. Yates 🇺🇸 · $10
- Renato Fernando Leite 🇧🇷 · $10
- Almaz Nigussie 🇪🇹 · $15
- Anonymous 🇬🇭 · $10
- Anonymous 🇿🇦 · $10
- Anonymous 🇨🇦 · $50
- Ekkachai Sakda Saetang 🇹🇭 · $25
“Get well soon. Gave what I could this week. - Chiang Mai”
- Faith C. Leonard 🇺🇸 · $50
“Get well soon. Thought of Haruka all day after reading this. - Knoxville”
- Mason Ross 🇬🇧 · $10
Reviews
Only people who gave to this need, or whose offer to help was accepted, can review it.
No reviews yet.
Questions & comments
Ask before you give. Email-verified members can comment and ask questions - no donation needed.
Sign in or create a free account to join the conversation.
How is Haruka doing now?
keep going. Get well soon. My neighbor in São Paulo donated after I showed her your page.
Take care, Akira. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Take care
Praying for you, Akira. Shared this with my family. Don't give up. Love from Machakos.
Take care, Akira. Shared this with my family. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Thinking of Shinjuku
so sorry you're going through this, Akira. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Take care.