- M
Hi everyone,
I’ve been sitting on this for a while as I feel horrible asking for help but I’m at a loss with what to do.
When I lived in Perth, I became very close to my neighbour Fred (89 at the time).
He knew I was alone and without much support there and would check in on me every night to make sure I was okay. If I wasn’t he would always make me smile with his jokes and very cheeky laugh.
Fred immigrated to Australia from Germany in his early adult life. Of the last 10 years it has been his dream to come home and see his family once more before his health takes over.
Unfortunately, Fred trusted his pension payments with someone he thought he could trust. She promised that they would use go to Germany together with that money saved. That person has since fled and taken his money with them. He is too embarrassed to ever talk about it or try chase her up. He is a hopeless romantic and thought she loved him like he loved her. (Despite the much younger age )
Last year Fred had a stroke and was put into an aged care home against his will. The aged care home have overcharged him despite the medication threshold, and he can’t pay for basic necessities let alone his medication.
The only support he has is a fellow neighbour who is on the disability pension, and whatever money she has left over she pays his medical bills with. This has been very hard on her. She can barely use a phone but still somehow organises for taxis to see him and get him outside every now and then.
I call Fred and check in on him and he is just destroyed by the state of his life since the stroke. He tries to hide it from me and still tries to crack a joke but most of the calls end with him in tears.
I don’t know what to do so I’m creating this out of desperation.
He is a 91 year old man now and I just want him to be able to at least pay for his basic needs in what years he has left of his life.
I know this sounds cliché but any amount donated would mean the world.
If you can’t donate, sharing this would be extremely helpful.
Thank you for reading.
Breann