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

Help Osama stay in his own home with eight months of part-time care.

🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom919 views
Qasim Salim Zaki
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I'm caring for my father, who's 81. After worsening Parkinson's disease Osama can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Osama 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. Osama worked all of his life as a bus driver, and raised 4 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 $5,100 goes: • Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $260 • Part-time carer (eight months): $4,300 • Medication and prescriptions: $540 I hope life is good to you.

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  • Keep going, Qasim. Shared it with a few friends. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.

    • Elena K. BautistaPhoto verified

      Rooting for you, Qasim. Shared this with my family. I hope July is when things finally get easier.

      • Hope things get better soon. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. We're a small family in Newport but we're thinking of you

        • Keep going, Qasim. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Thinking of Birmingham.

          • Stay strong, Qasim. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. Don't give up.

            • Sending good thoughts, Qasim. 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. Greetings from Brasília.

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