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Olivia wants to stay at home - help fund eight months of care

Help Olivia stay in her own home with eight months of part-time care.

🇺🇸 California, United States3,066 views
Alexa R. Hatfield
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Los Angeles
I'm caring for my mother, who's 75. After a stroke last October Olivia can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Olivia desperately wants to stay at home. I work 25 hours a week and have cut back to look after her, but we need a part-time carer. Olivia worked all of her life as a farmer, 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 $1,500 goes: • Medication and prescriptions: $680 • Hospital bed and mattress rental: $440 • Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $380 If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people.
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Updates from Alexa

  1. Small update. $818 so far, the plan for mobility aids and bathroom adaptations is now scheduled.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 24% now ($365). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward mobility aids and bathroom adaptations.

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    “Best of luck. Thought of Olivia all day after reading this. - São Paulo”

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  • Viraj Roshan Samarasinghe

    wishing you peace, Alexa. Gave what I could, wish it was more.

    • Cecilia C. Fernandez

      take care, Alexa. Hope you get there. We're a small family in Timișoara but we're thinking of you.

      • Caroline Hellen Barasa

        Hope things get better soon, Alexa. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings.

        • Miguel S. Fernández

          thanks for sharing this, Alexa. Your post was clear and honest. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.

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