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Valentina wants to stay at home - help fund eight months of care
Valentina, 96, needs daily care to stay at home, and the family is raising $5,250 for a carer and medicines.
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I'm caring for me, who's 96. After worsening Parkinson's disease Valentina can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Valentina 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.
Valentina worked all of her life as a bus driver, 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 $5,250 goes:
• Part-time carer (eight months): $4,200
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $175
• Medication and prescriptions: $875
Thanks for reading all this.
- Valentina
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Best of luck, Valentina. Hope the doctors have good news. My neighbor in Berlin donated after I showed her your page. Take care.
So sorry you're going through this. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. I'll check back for the next update. Greetings from Novosibirsk.
Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Calgary!
Thank you. If you're in Calgary I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Thanks for asking.
Hope it all works out, Valentina. Gave what I could, wish it was more. After 20 years in farming I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
Wishing you peace, Valentina. Your post was clear and honest. Don't give up. Thinking of Calgary.
Thinking of you. Get well soon. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Take care.
Thinking of you, Valentina. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Love from Glasgow
Hope it all works out, Valentina. Shared this with my family. I went through something like this 12 years ago and strangers helped me out.
Sending love. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My neighbor in Memphis donated after I showed her your page. Take care