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Raquel wants to stay at home - help fund three months of care
Raquel, 91, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $1,100 for a carer and medicines.
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I'm caring for my mother, who's 91. After a stroke last August Raquel can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Raquel 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.
Raquel worked all of her life as a schoolteacher, and raised 2 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back.
Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for three 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 $1,100 goes:
• Part-time carer (three months): $770
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $105
• Medication and prescriptions: $225
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
Updates from Fernando
Wanted to say thank you properly. 56% funded and the plan for part-time carer is now scheduled.
- Jorge L. Acosta 🇲🇽 · $100
- Josefina B. Agustin 🇵🇭 · $100
“Stay strong. Thought of Raquel all day after reading this. - Pasig”
- Jonathan Kwasi Sarpong 🇬🇭 · $100
- Rubel Noman Uddin 🇮🇳 · $75
- Anonymous 🇨🇴 · $75
“Wish I could do more. I'm in Barranquilla, thinking of you. - Barranquilla”
- Chaminda Roshan Bandara 🇱🇰 · $74.50
- Jaxon Jordan 🇺🇸 · $50
“Hope this helps. Small amount but sent with love. - Rockford”
- Ubol Yupin Eiamsa-ard 🇹🇭 · $50
- Kumiko Miura 🇯🇵 · $50
“You got this. Hope the November deadline works out. - Tokyo”
- Citlali J. Montes 🇪🇸 · $50
- Vignesh Pai 🇮🇳 · $50
- Hiba Sawsan Kassem 🇪🇸 · $30
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $30
- Robel Leul Legesse 🇪🇹 · $29
“Hope this helps. Thought of Raquel all day after reading this. - Addis Ababa”
- Anonymous 🇨🇦 · $25
- Rajesh N. Bisht 🇮🇳 · $25
- Shailesh G. Trivedi 🇮🇳 · $25
- Mariusz Jasiński 🇵🇱 · $25
- Peyton Whitaker 🇬🇧 · $25
“Sending love. My mother told me about this one. - Liverpool”
- Giorgio Salvatore Gentile 🇮🇹 · $25
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gave what I could, wish it was more. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. God bless
Wishing you the best, Fernando. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. Put this on a community board in Tuxtla Gutiérrez this morning. God bless.
You're not alone. I hope things turn around soon. Greetings from Munich.
stay strong, Fernando. I hope things turn around soon. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. All the best.
Thanks for sharing this, Fernando. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier.