Help "Daddy Jim" Clingman Stay at Home

Words from his daughter, Kiah Clingman

My "Daddy Jim" has been battling ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's / Motor Neuron Disease), a rapidly fatal neurodegenerative disease for the last 8 years.

The Clingman Story

The video above showed my dad in 2018 when he had more use of his arms, hands, and even voice. Fast forward to 2022, my dad has ZERO use of his body. It has gotten to the point where he is a 24/7 total-care patient.

Because of the inconsistencies regarding home health aids around the country due to the pandemic, especially in our small town in South Carolina, we need your help to raise money for private care for my dad. Because we've exhausted our insurance provided by the Veterans, we are forced to look privately for help and therefore compensate these skilled caregivers at a higher rate.

We want him to be able to live in the comfort of his own home for as long as possible and are reluctantly having to consider placing him in a nursing home. My mom, Sylvia Clingman, continues to be the superwoman she is, but his care is beyond exhausting and is affecting her physically now. She no longer has the stamina and is burnt out emotionally from the toll ALS takes on a caregiver. WE NEED HELP.

If we raise $50,000 that will allow my dad to stay at home for one more year. Please help us reach or even exceed that goal. If you'd like to contribute in a way where 100% of the funds will go toward caring for my dad, please reach out to me, and you can Zelle/PayPal/CashApp us directly.

Please pass on to someone you know can help if you cannot contribute financially. I'm trying to do everything I can to save my dad and my family.

Feel free to reach out with any questions to me personally at [email redacted]

Here's an additional video if you'd like to see my dad in 2015 speaking about being first diagnosed with ALS: https://vimeo.com/152632495 You can see how this disease has progressed to today.