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Lydia wants to stay at home - help fund eight months of care
Lydia, 94, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $5,750 for a carer and medicines.
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I'm caring for me, who's 94. After a diagnosis of dementia Lydia can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Lydia 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.
Lydia worked all of her life as a nurse, and raised 3 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 $5,750 goes:
• Part-time carer (eight months): $4,500
• Medication and prescriptions: $640
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $380
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $230
Thanks for being kind about this.
- Lydia
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- Beatriz A. Ruiz 🇲🇽 · $100
- Shun Shibata 🇯🇵 · $75
- Letícia Luana Bezerra 🇧🇷 · $75
“From my family to yours. Only $75 but hope it helps. - Campinas”
- Sergio A. Rivera 🇲🇽 · $73
- Jocelyn M. Pickett 🇺🇸 · $68.50
- Andriy Oleksandr Orlov 🇷🇺 · $55
“Wish I could do more. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Novosibirsk”
- Eamon H. Ward 🇮🇪 · $50
- Andrea R. Peña 🇨🇴 · $36.50
- Nasrin Joya Alam 🇧🇩 · $34.50
“Blessings. Thought of Lydia all day after reading this.”
- Godwin Olumide Yusuf 🇳🇬 · $28
“Only $28 but hope it helps. - Lagos”
- Ruby Simpson 🇬🇧 · $25
- Ibrahim Jamal Amin 🇸🇦 · $25
- Anonymous 🇪🇹 · $25
- Charmaine B. Marquez 🇺🇸 · $20
- Nicolás H. Lara 🇦🇷 · $20
- Harper L. Stewart 🇺🇸 · $20
“Praying for you. Thought of Lydia all day after reading this. - Los Angeles”
- Zenaida A. Velasco 🇵🇭 · $20
- Paulo Marcelo Santos 🇧🇷 · $10
- Anonymous 🇨🇴 · $10
“Every little bit. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Envigado”
- Émilie Schmitt 🇫🇷 · $10
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I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Derry.
Sending love, Lydia. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. All the best
good luck, Lydia. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Greetings from Dayton
Thanks for sharing this, Lydia. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I'm in construction myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Love from Fort Collins