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Vikas wants to stay at home - help fund eight months of care
Help Vikas stay in his own home with eight months of part-time care.
🇮🇳 Amritsar, Punjab, India722 views
I'm caring for my father, who's 76. After a diagnosis of dementia Vikas can no longer manage alone. A nursing home would cost far more than we have, and Vikas 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.
Vikas worked all of his life as a schoolteacher, 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.
Funds cover the carer's wages, medicines, a hospital bed rental and incontinence supplies.
Where the $500 goes:
• Part-time carer (eight months): $280
• Medication and prescriptions: $105
• Hospital bed and mattress rental: $70
• Mobility aids and bathroom adaptations: $45
Thank you for reading my story.
- Tanvi
Updates from Tanvi
10% there. I made the first payment toward mobility aids and bathroom adaptations. Thank you. - Tanvi
Thank you all. We're at 8% now ($39). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage. - Tanvi
Good news. Because of your gifts ($35 in total) I made the first payment toward mobility aids and bathroom adaptations. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely. - Tanvi
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“Thought of Vikas all day after reading this. - Erie”
- David Sebastian Schumacher 🇩🇪 · $10
“Stay strong. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Duisburg”
- Micah Houston 🇺🇸 · $4
- Sergio L. Díaz 🇺🇸 · $15
- Radha G. Chauhan 🇮🇳 · $20
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stay strong, Tanvi. Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Tallahassee.
Thinking of you, Tanvi. Looking forward to the next update. God bless.