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Juma wants to stay at home - help fund three months of care
Juma can't afford the care He needs after a heart attack; we're asking for $500.
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I'm caring for my father, who's 88. After a heart attack Juma can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Juma 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.
Juma worked all of his life as a nurse, 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 $500 goes:
• Part-time carer (three months): $330
• Medication and prescriptions: $80
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $25
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $65
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- Adhiambo
Updates from Adhiambo
Good news. Because of your gifts ($180 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
Thank you all. We're at 25% now ($125). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.
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Take care. Looking forward to the next update. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings.
sending good thoughts, Adhiambo. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Thinking of Dar es Salaam.
Sending good thoughts, Adhiambo. Hope this works out for you. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Love from Nakhon Ratchasima.