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Home care fund for Ivy in Atlanta

Help Ivy stay in her own home with six months of part-time care.

🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States1,303 views
Ivy H. Rice
Email verified
Atlanta
I'm caring for me, who's 79. After a fall and hip fracture Ivy can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Ivy 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. Ivy worked all of her life as a schoolteacher, and raised 2 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. Funds cover the carer's wages, medicines, a hospital bed rental and incontinence supplies. Where the $4,950 goes: • Part-time carer (six months): $4,000 • Medication and prescriptions: $570 • Hospital bed and mattress rental: $380 Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
#elder-care#home-care#family#elderly

Updates from Ivy

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($667 in total) the plan for part-time carer is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely. - Ivy

  2. Update from Atlanta: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 7% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us. - Ivy

  3. We're at 3% thanks to 6 of you. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. More news soon.

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  • Chamara Herath

    Thinking of you and your family. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Greetings from Saint Petersburg.

    • Ingrid Mia WalterID verified

      So sorry you're going through this. I hope things turn around soon. Greetings from Moscow!

      • Ika Dian Harahap

        Sending good thoughts. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. Thinking of Atlanta!

        • Inés R. Sandoval

          Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Greetings from Edinburgh.

          • Junior L. GordonPhoto verified

            looking forward to the next update. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of Atlanta

            • Lucy A. LynchID verified

              Stay strong, Ivy. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. Wish I lived closer to Ciudad de México so I could bring a meal.

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