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Home care fund for Manoel in Brasília
Manoel, 92, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $850 for a carer and medicines.
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I'm caring for my father, who's 92. After a fall and hip fracture Manoel can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Manoel 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.
Manoel worked all of his 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 four months will make a huge difference.
Funds cover the carer's wages, medicines, a hospital bed rental and incontinence supplies.
Where the $850 goes:
• Part-time carer (four months): $500
• Medication and prescriptions: $180
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $110
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $60
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
Updates from Cláudia
Update from Brasília: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 53% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Mateo Orozco 🇲🇽 · $100
- Sanjay P. Rawat 🇮🇳 · $100
“Take care of yourselves. Thought of Manoel all day after reading this. - New Delhi”
- Julieta M. Rojas 🇪🇸 · $100
“Praying for you. Gave what I could this week. - Málaga”
- Elke Nina Möller 🇩🇪 · $55
- Ruby Bridges 🇬🇧 · $52
“Praying for you. Please keep us posted. - Sheffield”
- Emon Anisur Jahan 🇮🇳 · $50
“Wishing you the best. Hope the November deadline works out. - Kanpur”
- Wayne F. Pickett 🇦🇺 · $50
- Anand D. Prajapati 🇮🇳 · $50
- Anonymous 🇪🇸 · $50
- Naveed Kamran Farooqi 🇵🇰 · $50
- Hadi Budi Lie 🇮🇩 · $50
“Sending love. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Jakarta Barat”
- Stella W. Larson 🇳🇿 · $49
- Renato Bruno Cunha 🇧🇷 · $30
- Shirley W. Juarez 🇺🇸 · $28.50
- Candra Yusuf Nugroho 🇮🇩 · $25
- Mizanur Bappy Ghosh 🇧🇩 · $15
- Adeline Grant 🇺🇸 · $10
- Jacob A. West 🇺🇸 · $10
“Best of luck. Hope you get the rest soon. - Cleveland”
- Waqas Talha Qureshi 🇵🇰 · $10
- Caroline B. Cooper 🇳🇿 · $5
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Good luck, Cláudia. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Love from Thủ Đức.
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Manoel
It's all in the list in the story. part-time carer (four months) is the big one at $500, I'll post a receipt when it's paid. Good question.
sending good thoughts. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Take care
Hope things get better soon. This could happen to any of us. I hope November is when things finally get easier.
good luck. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. Greetings from Liverpool.
You're not alone, Cláudia. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side.