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Home care fund for Vanessa in Fortaleza
Vanessa, 74, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $1,500 for a carer and medicines.
🇧🇷 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil1,277 views
I'm caring for my mother, who's 74. After a diagnosis of dementia Vanessa can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Vanessa desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 30 hours a week and have cut back to look after her, but we need a part-time carer.
Vanessa worked all of her life as a bus driver, 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 $1,500 goes:
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $210
• Part-time carer (six months): $1,100
• Medication and prescriptions: $190
With deep gratitude,
Luiz
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can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Fortaleza.
Thank you. If you're in Fortaleza I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Thanks for asking.
Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Fortaleza
Sending good thoughts, Luiz. Get well soon. I have a 13 year old who wants to send good wishes too. All the best
A colleague of mine might know someone for this in Ceará. I'll ask around and let you know