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Odhiambo wants to stay at home - help fund eight months of care
Odhiambo can't afford the care He needs after worsening Parkinson's disease; we're asking for $800.
🇰🇪 Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya1,095 views
I'm caring for my father, who's 77. After worsening Parkinson's disease Odhiambo can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Odhiambo 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.
Odhiambo worked all of his life as a factory worker, 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 $800 goes:
• Part-time carer (eight months): $480
• Medication and prescriptions: $85
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $85
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $150
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
- Beatrice
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“Stay strong. Only $35 but hope it helps. - San Francisco”
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“Hope things get better. Thought of Odhiambo all day after reading this. - San Diego”
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“Wish I could do more. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Gothenburg”
- Cherry A. Galang 🇵🇭 · $14
“Hang in there. Thought of Odhiambo all day after reading this. - Quezon City”
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Thanks for sharing this, Beatrice. Gave what I could, wish it was more.
keep going, Beatrice. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
Praying for you, Beatrice. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Blessings.
Thanks for sharing this, Beatrice. Your post was clear and honest. My neighbor in Tiruchirappalli donated after I showed her your page. Love from Tiruchirappalli.