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Sophia wants to stay at home - help fund four months of care
Help Sophia stay in her own home with four months of part-time care.
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom2,975 views
I'm caring for my mother, who's 77. After a fall and hip fracture Sophia can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Sophia desperately wants to stay at home.
I work 50 hours a week and have cut back to look after her, but we need a part-time carer.
Sophia worked all of her life as a farmer, 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.
Funds cover the carer's wages, medicines, a hospital bed rental and incontinence supplies.
Where the $3,950 goes:
• Part-time carer (four months): $2,700
• Medication and prescriptions: $660
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $220
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $370
Thank you for reading my story.
Updates from Luke
Good news. Because of your gifts ($1,029 in total) I made the first payment toward mobility aids and bathroom adaptations. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
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Best of luck, Luke. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. God bless
sending good thoughts, Luke. This could happen to any of us. All the best.
this could happen to any of us. My cousin had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Greetings from Cologne.
Good luck, Luke. Hope the doctors have good news. God bless.
Hope it all works out. Looking forward to the next update. Greetings from Epe.
sending good thoughts, Luke. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Wish I lived closer to Enugu so I could bring a meal. Blessings.
Sending strength, Luke. Hope you get there. My cousin had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.