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Home care fund for Siri in Södertälje

Help Siri stay in her own home with eight months of part-time care.

🇸🇪 Sweden4,148 views
Lena Larsson
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Södertälje
I'm caring for my mother, who's 86. After a diagnosis of dementia Siri can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Siri 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. Siri worked all of her life as a carpenter, and raised 2 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 $3,400 goes: • Part-time carer (eight months): $2,900 • Hospital bed and mattress rental: $220 • Medication and prescriptions: $280 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it. - Lena
#elder-care#home-care#family#elderly

Updates from Lena

  1. We're at 51% thanks to 64 of you. I made the first payment toward medication and prescriptions. More news soon.

  2. Small update. $1,463 so far, we've started the first stage.

  3. Good news. Because of your gifts ($683 in total) we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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  • Anonymous 🇯🇲 · $25

    “Every little bit. Thought of Siri all day after reading this. - Kingston”

  • Ephrem Yonas Yilma 🇪🇹 · $5
  • Karl Andreas Schmid 🇩🇪 · $76

    “Thinking of you. Thought of Siri all day after reading this. - Dortmund”

  • Mwanaisha Eunice Waweru 🇰🇪 · $20

    “Wish I could do more. From Eldoret with love.”

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  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $50
  • Ji-yeon Jung 🇰🇷 · $73

    “You got this. Thought of Siri all day after reading this. - Mapo”

  • Pavithra Sastry 🇮🇳 · $20

    “Blessings. Hope the September deadline works out. - Thane”

  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $10

    “Every little bit. Hope the September deadline works out. - San Francisco”

  • Anonymous 🇹🇷 · $25
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  • Irena Helena Wieczorek

    Hang in there, Lena. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier.

    • Matthew F. Reed

      I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I hope September is when things finally get easier. Greetings from Prayagraj.

      $3,413.50 raised of $3,400

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