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Home care fund for Viola in Bologna
Viola, 76, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $2,400 for a carer and medicines.
🇮🇹 Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy1,448 views
I'm caring for my mother, who's 76. After a stroke last May Viola can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Viola 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.
Viola worked all of her life as a seamstress, and raised 5 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 $2,400 goes:
• Part-time carer (three months): $1,350
• Medication and prescriptions: $520
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $260
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $270
Thanks for reading all this.
Updates from Filippo
We're at 23% thanks to 20 of you. the plan for mobility aids and bathroom adaptations is now scheduled. More news soon.
- Ömer Uğur Tekin 🇹🇷 · $200
“All the best. Hope you get the rest soon. - Bornova”
- Ayanda J. Zulu 🇿🇦 · $100
- Luna P. Schneider 🇬🇧 · $100
- Anonymous 🇲🇦 · $100
“Thought of Viola all day after reading this. - Marrakesh”
- Josefin Johanna Danielsson 🇸🇪 · $100
- Ananya K. Swamy 🇮🇳 · $78
- Anonymous 🇨🇦 · $75
- Graciela E. Moreno 🇨🇴 · $50
- Anonymous 🇹🇿 · $50
- Geetha W. Narayanan 🇮🇳 · $50
- Riccardo Bianchi 🇮🇹 · $41
- Aditi D. Gill 🇮🇳 · $36.50
- Hala Dina Hegazy 🇪🇬 · $34
- Leila Souad Tawfik 🇸🇦 · $30
- Festus Gbenga Adeyemi 🇳🇬 · $30
“From my family to yours. My mother told me about this one. - Gwagwalada”
- Ruslan Danylo Oliynyk 🇺🇦 · $25
- Alejandro Sebastián Acosta 🇨🇴 · $25
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $25
“Thought of Viola all day after reading this. - New Delhi”
- Raúl D. Moreno 🇪🇸 · $25
“Happy to help. Gave what I could this week. - Málaga”
- Anna Lisa Van Dam 🇳🇱 · $25
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take care, Filippo. Shared it with a few friends. Take care.
praying for you, Filippo. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Love from Vadodara
Keep going, Filippo. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Bologna
Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Bologna
Thank you. If you're in Bologna I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Good question.
So sorry you're going through this, Filippo. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double
Hope it all works out. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Bologna
Hope this works out for you. Love from Jacksonville.
hope it all works out. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. Thinking of Bologna
take care, Filippo. I hope things turn around soon. God bless.
take care, Filippo. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. Blessings.
Keep going, Filippo. Shared it with a few friends. After 30 years in construction I know how hard it's to ask for anything. All the best.
Hope this works out for you. Put this on a community board in Guarulhos this morning. Greetings from Guarulhos.
Keep going, Filippo. Hope you get there. It's not much but it's yours.
Thinking of you, Filippo. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. I hope August is when things finally get easier. Take care