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Merel wants to stay at home - help fund eight months of care
Help Merel stay in her own home with eight months of part-time care.
🇳🇱 Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands1,596 views
I'm caring for my mother, who's 74. After the death of her spouse Merel can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Merel 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.
Merel worked all of her life as a shopkeeper, and raised 5 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.
The carer will be employed through a registered agency and paid directly. I'll share the agency invoices.
Where the $3,300 goes:
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $510
• Part-time carer (eight months): $2,400
• Medication and prescriptions: $390
Thanks for reading all this.
- Gijs
Updates from Gijs
We're at 10% thanks to 17 of you. the first invoice got paid this week. More news soon.
Wanted to say thank you properly. 5% funded and the plan for part-time carer is now scheduled.
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“Praying for you. Thought of Merel all day after reading this. - Zaporizhzhia”
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Shared this with my family. Thinking of Haarlem
Wishing Merel a smooth procedure and a full recovery. Blessings.
Thinking of you and your family, Gijs. Shared it with a few friends. I hope August is when things finally get easier. God bless!
Thinking of you and your family, Gijs. Shared it with a few friends. God bless
look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. My husband and I read this together. Love from Brooklyn.