Due to the cruel effects of advanced Parkinson’s disease, Kim Crespi’s health has recently taken a precipitous turn for the worse – to the point where she now requires around the clock in-home care from trained professionals.

Unfortunately, the state of Kim’s financial health is equally dire.

Over the last 17 years, Kim’s and her imprisoned husband David’s life savings have been exhausted by lawyers’ bills and medical expenses – and Kim has no new sources of income to draw upon. (www.crespifamilyhope.org) At age 63, she is too young to qualify for Medicare. Since she owns a house, she has been denied Medicaid. And because she was a stay-at-home mother both before and after the tragedy that took Tessara and Samantha’s lives – meaning she was not employed during those years -- Kim also does not qualify for disability.

As a result of all this, Kim and her three surviving children are faced with an agonizing dilemma: either they and their friends must quickly find a significant number of new benefactors who can help cover the monthly cost of Kim’s 24/7 in-home care or Kim will have to sell her beloved house and she will be forced to move into a residential care facility.

Either way, it is going to be expensive.

For example, providing Kim with around the clock in-home care plus paying for household expenses (like the mortgage payment, groceries, electricity, etc.) will cost approximately $20,000 a month, or $240,000 a year. And 24/7 care provided by a residential facility will cost an estimated $11,000 a month, or $132,000 annually.

Not so long ago, when Kim needed “only” six hours a day of in-home care, a close circle of incredibly generous friends created the Crespi Healthcare Trust and that trust paid for the majority of Kim’s care. But now that Kim’s health has deteriorated so precipitously and she requires 24/7 care, the Crespi Healthcare Trust needs many new benefactors to help Kim pay for her urgently needed medical care.

We hope and pray that you will consider becoming a supporter. Please know that regardless of the size of your donation, Kim, her family, and her devoted friends will be eternally grateful for your generosity.