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Hello! My name is Tina and I need your help for my father and brother. First of all, I have to tell you who my father is. His name is Sam Phillips and he is truly the kindest and most giving person I know. He is the split image of my late grandmother who would take in a stranger to feed them and give them a place to lay their head. As I grew up, he was so popular and he still seems to know everyone in town because he speaks to them like he's known them for years. My dad has helped many people over the years and he received joy doing so. Many consider him a connoisseur for soul food for restaurants in Oakland. For me, he was the one who never had a negative word to say to me and encouraged me my whole life. He is my HERO so its hard to speak about the challenges he faces right now.

Currently, my father has been in the hospital for a 5 weeks now in CA. He has been under a lot of stress due to my mentally challenged brother. I live out of the state and have not seen my father in years but I know that my father needs me NOW. Though I have tried to encourage him for years to place my brother in a facility to help him with his issues, my father has (understandably) made light of the situation because he wants to protect him. Now, my father is in the hospital with congestive heart failure and idiopathic oedemawater (water on the leg). He can't walk without a two-man assist, is in rehab, and they are still monitoring his heart condition.

My father knows its best my brother not be in the home anymore and he should not return there until my brother is placed in a facility. So, this means I need to find legal means to remove my brother and get him help. I have been trying to handle some of his business along with my aunt, but I need to be in town to help get these issues handled.

As a result of my father's hospitalization, there is no one who can tend to my brother's needs. This could become a challenging situation for him living alone!

Recently, my father has admitted to me his home is in disarray because he is elderly but mostly because my brother can no longer care or clean after himself. I'm afraid the home may be similar to a hoarding situation which would need immediate attention.

My aunt has always assisted my father when needed but she has lost her grandson to a tragic incident and has to tend to her family now which leaves me as my father's only daughter to stand in the gap. I desperately need to take over the responsiblity of caring for my elderly father and relieve my aunt. My heart aches to be near him and help him at this time.

It is URGENT that I get to California as soon as possible to help my father to:

-Remove my brother from the home and place him into a facility.
- Clean the home professionally
-Obtain a Home Health Aid for my father to help him with physical therapy for the coming months.

I am on a very tight budget and can not even get tickets to be with my father so I need airline tickets to get there as well as the above mentioned issues.

I would appreciate any and all help AS SOON AS POSSIBLE so I can help my elderly father live in a clean and comfortable home; get extensive physical therapy and place my brother in a facility.

Thank you so much for your help. God bless!!





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TinaMarie Phillips
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Columbia, SC

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