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Marcos wants to stay at home - help fund four months of care
Help Marcos stay in his own home with four months of part-time care.
🇧🇷 Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil861 views
I'm caring for my father, who's 83. After worsening Parkinson's disease Marcos can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Marcos desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 50 hours a week and have cut back to look after him, but we need a part-time carer.
Marcos worked all of his life as a bus driver, and raised 5 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back.
Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for four months will make a huge difference.
Funds cover the carer's wages, medicines, a hospital bed rental and incontinence supplies.
Where the $2,000 goes:
• Part-time carer (four months): $1,700
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $195
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $105
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Ricardo
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Praying for you, Ricardo. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did
Any update on how things are going in Caruaru?
a colleague of mine might know someone for this in Pernambuco. I'll ask around and let you know!
Is there anything that isn't money that would help Marcos?
take care. It takes guts to ask. Well done.
Hope it all works out, Ricardo. Shared it with a few friends. I'll check back for the next update. All the best!
Keep going, Ricardo. Hope this works out for you. Thinking of Caruaru.
Best of luck, Ricardo. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. Take care
Shared this with my family. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Caruaru.
Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Sent it to 34 people at work.
sending strength, Ricardo. Wishing Marcos a smooth procedure and a full recovery. Take care.
Wishing you the best. Get well soon. All the best.