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Home care fund for Mercedes in Madrid
Mercedes, 89, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $2,550 for a carer and medicines.
🇪🇸 Madrid, Madrid, Spain1,389 views
I'm caring for my mother, who's 89. After the death of her spouse Mercedes can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Mercedes 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.
Mercedes worked all of her life as a seamstress, and raised 3 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back.
Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for three 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 $2,550 goes:
• Part-time carer (three months): $1,950
• Medication and prescriptions: $390
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $210
Every share and every dollar helps.
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Hope it all works out, Gabriela. Get well soon. All the best.
Good luck, Gabriela. Hope the doctors have good news. We're a small family in Lucknow but we're thinking of you
Stay strong, Gabriela. Shared this with my family. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too.
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Mercedes.
It's all in the list in the story. part-time carer (three months) is the big one at $1,950, I'll post a receipt when it's paid. Thanks for asking.
so sorry you're going through this. Shared it with a few friends. Take care.
Sending good thoughts, Gabriela. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. My mother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. All the best.
best of luck, Gabriela. Get well soon. I went through something like this 9 years ago and strangers helped me out.