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Home care fund for José in Medellín
Help José stay in his own home with eight months of part-time care.
🇨🇴 Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia2,426 views
I'm caring for me, who's 88. After a diagnosis of dementia José can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and José desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 40 hours a week and have cut back to look after him, but we need a part-time carer.
José worked all of his life as a factory worker, and raised 4 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back.
Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for eight months will make a huge difference.
Funds cover the carer's wages, medicines, a hospital bed rental and incontinence supplies.
Where the $1,500 goes:
• Part-time carer (eight months): $1,150
• Medication and prescriptions: $115
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $115
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $120
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
Updates from José
49% there. the plan for hospital bed and mattress rental is now scheduled. Thank you.
Wanted to say thank you properly. 18% funded and I met with the care agency and confirmed the amounts.
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best of luck, José. Wishing José a smooth procedure and a full recovery. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of Medellín.
Take care, José. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. God bless
stay strong. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Medellín.
Good luck, José. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Take care