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Siyabonga wants to stay at home - help fund four months of care
Help Siyabonga stay in his own home with four months of part-time care.
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I'm caring for my father, who's 94. After a fall and hip fracture Siyabonga can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Siyabonga desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 30 hours a week and have cut back to look after him, but we need a part-time carer.
Siyabonga worked all of his life as a seamstress, and raised 3 children. Now we're trying to give some of that care back.
Medication, a hospital bed and a carer for four 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 $1,400 goes:
• Part-time carer (four months): $1,200
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $90
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $110
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
- Themba
Updates from Themba
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Thinking of you and your family, Themba. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. I went through something like this 3 years ago and strangers helped me out.
Thanks for sharing this. I work in healthcare and wanted you to know people are on your side. Greetings from Pune.
Stay strong, Themba. Looking forward to the next update. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. God bless.
Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. Greetings from Riverside
Hang in there. Hope this works out for you. Put this on a community board in Düsseldorf this morning. Thinking of Johannesburg.