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May 3, 2015
I need help to take care of my mother, my little sweetie, my best friend. That is my little mother, Florette. She is my heart. She brought me up alone…supported me and my grandmother, without a father. Now she needs me to take care of her. She turned 94 in May …amazing. She drove a car until 6 months ago, lived alone until April. She weighed 69 pounds when they took her to the hospital, not eating and falling down a lot. The doctors say that she cannot live alone anymore. She needs a Nurse’s Aide to live with her and… she definitely does not need a nursing home. They are even providing Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy for her in her home…Obviously, she does not need to be put away in a nursing home .She would die there out of sadness, loneliness. They would just throw her in a bed, close the door and let her die. Right now she is happy, going out every day, seeing friends. There is nothing wrong with her except that she is old. Her mind is good but she is frail…needs help with medications and food…an aide to take care of her. But we have no money to pay the aide. She owns her apartment and can stay there if we get some help. We have someone living there now but we only have enough money to pay her for 2 ½ months. This person is perfect, so wonderful…just like my mother. They are great together. My mother is up to 83 pounds now that this person has been living with her.
The problem is that my mother has no money. The aide costs $700 a week. How many months of help do I need? I don’t know. A year’s salary for the aide would be $36,000… Let me give her a year at home then we will see. I don’t care if she has a day, a week, a month a year or 10 years left, I can’t let her lose her home, go on Medicaid and be put away in a nursing home. I will do anything to help her stay in her home… anything. She is my heart, my little mother. I am an only child, no one to help me. If someone can help, she can stay home, loved and cared for. There is no reason why she needs to be sent away except that we have no money.
Please help us.
9/8/2015
Hello everyone,
I think it is time for an update.
The VA has come through with some money for my Florette and two wonderful relatives have come through to help as well... I still need $1000 a month more to pay for the incredible Nurse's Aide who lives with my mother. She is giving me some breathing room to come up with the money, unreal...such an amazing person. All the money I received through donations is gone now...paying for her care. I am hoping to sell my mother's apartment too and then put her in a rental in the same area. She is doing well but still needs someone to live with her full time.
I won't give up, never…
Thank you all for caring so much. Vicki
May 8, 2016....a year since I began my campaign.
Happy Mother's Day to my beautiful mother, Florette.
May 27, 2016....a little over a year since I began my campaign.
On May 24th my beautiful mother, Florette, turned 95, amazing. I have spent the last year trying to figure out how to raise the money to care for my mother. I hate to have to say this but I must begin my campaign again. I have learned a lot since I began my campaign a year ago. I have learned how caring and generous people can be, people who aren't friends of mine or family, helping me. The incredible person who takes care of my mother, such a wonderful person. Unfortunately, the sale of my mother's apartment, the money from the VA and all the money I was able to generate on Gofundme still isn't enough to continue to pay for the care of my mother. I still need help...please help us.
FLORETTE STILL NEEDS YOUR HELP... gofund.me/gofund-me-t6pwd56x
June 4, 2016
So I guess people think that I am really annoying and a pathetic loser who can't take care of my mother. Maybe that is true but as I have said before, I have no shame. Please help us, please...
Vicki
June 23, 2016
I realize now that I will need a lot more money to take care of my mother. The money I get from the government simply isn’t enough.
Boy would it be nice to have a day free of worry…a day just to be…to make art...to enjoy my husband and my life…to lie on the beach…to take a cruise. I never have that, never.
Please help us.
Vicki
I need help to take care of my mother, my little sweetie, my best friend. That is my little mother, Florette. She is my heart. She brought me up alone…supported me and my grandmother, without a father. Now she needs me to take care of her. She turned 94 in May …amazing. She drove a car until 6 months ago, lived alone until April. She weighed 69 pounds when they took her to the hospital, not eating and falling down a lot. The doctors say that she cannot live alone anymore. She needs a Nurse’s Aide to live with her and… she definitely does not need a nursing home. They are even providing Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy for her in her home…Obviously, she does not need to be put away in a nursing home .She would die there out of sadness, loneliness. They would just throw her in a bed, close the door and let her die. Right now she is happy, going out every day, seeing friends. There is nothing wrong with her except that she is old. Her mind is good but she is frail…needs help with medications and food…an aide to take care of her. But we have no money to pay the aide. She owns her apartment and can stay there if we get some help. We have someone living there now but we only have enough money to pay her for 2 ½ months. This person is perfect, so wonderful…just like my mother. They are great together. My mother is up to 83 pounds now that this person has been living with her.
The problem is that my mother has no money. The aide costs $700 a week. How many months of help do I need? I don’t know. A year’s salary for the aide would be $36,000… Let me give her a year at home then we will see. I don’t care if she has a day, a week, a month a year or 10 years left, I can’t let her lose her home, go on Medicaid and be put away in a nursing home. I will do anything to help her stay in her home… anything. She is my heart, my little mother. I am an only child, no one to help me. If someone can help, she can stay home, loved and cared for. There is no reason why she needs to be sent away except that we have no money.
Please help us.
9/8/2015
Hello everyone,
I think it is time for an update.
The VA has come through with some money for my Florette and two wonderful relatives have come through to help as well... I still need $1000 a month more to pay for the incredible Nurse's Aide who lives with my mother. She is giving me some breathing room to come up with the money, unreal...such an amazing person. All the money I received through donations is gone now...paying for her care. I am hoping to sell my mother's apartment too and then put her in a rental in the same area. She is doing well but still needs someone to live with her full time.
I won't give up, never…
Thank you all for caring so much. Vicki
May 8, 2016....a year since I began my campaign.
Happy Mother's Day to my beautiful mother, Florette.
May 27, 2016....a little over a year since I began my campaign.
On May 24th my beautiful mother, Florette, turned 95, amazing. I have spent the last year trying to figure out how to raise the money to care for my mother. I hate to have to say this but I must begin my campaign again. I have learned a lot since I began my campaign a year ago. I have learned how caring and generous people can be, people who aren't friends of mine or family, helping me. The incredible person who takes care of my mother, such a wonderful person. Unfortunately, the sale of my mother's apartment, the money from the VA and all the money I was able to generate on Gofundme still isn't enough to continue to pay for the care of my mother. I still need help...please help us.
FLORETTE STILL NEEDS YOUR HELP... gofund.me/gofund-me-t6pwd56x
June 4, 2016
So I guess people think that I am really annoying and a pathetic loser who can't take care of my mother. Maybe that is true but as I have said before, I have no shame. Please help us, please...
Vicki
June 23, 2016
I realize now that I will need a lot more money to take care of my mother. The money I get from the government simply isn’t enough.
Boy would it be nice to have a day free of worry…a day just to be…to make art...to enjoy my husband and my life…to lie on the beach…to take a cruise. I never have that, never.
Please help us.
Vicki