Readers of The Royal Gazette who want to help a 98-year-old widow in desperate need of care now have somewhere to send their donations.The LCCA (Lady Cubitt Compassionate Association) agreed yesterday to “facilitate the collection and disbursement of funds that the public may wish to donate toward the expenses of Mrs O”.Mrs O’s plight was revealed by this newspaper on Wednesday, when we told how the vulnerable senior was living alone with dementia and diabetes but could not get any financial aid from Government and had no family willing to care for her.Readers responded in their droves, with the first story prompting more than 100 comments on our website.Many people questioned why Mrs O’s “life interest” in her rundown family home should preclude her from receiving aid from the Department of Financial Assistance.They criticised Government and the elderly lady’s relatives, including the great-nephew who is believed to own the house where she lives, for not doing more to help her.Some members of the public were compelled to contact this newspaper directly to offer their time to sit with Mrs O, cook her meals and even stay overnight, after reading that she was unable to put herself to bed so slept every night in a hard-backed chair.Kristyn Dale, 17, head girl of Bermuda High School for Girls, wrote that she and her friend Ariel Kaplan were horrified after reading the story.“I shared this article with many of my classmates and there are about five of us who are very keen on helping. We would like to volunteer our services and time after school to help clothe her, bathe her, cook for her, read to her, talk to her, spend time with her, clean for her and anything other that she needs.“It is not fair that the elderly be treated this way as, one day in the future, it will be our parents and then us.”Caregiver Krystle Johnson said of the article: “It has touched my heart and I’d like to help. I want to fundraise money and was thinking of putting on a talent show for special needs and elderly individuals in the coming year and hope to make money to support Mrs O. I’d like to help in any way.”The two readers quoted above were among many who reached out and we have passed all the offers of help to Mrs O’s former employer, Ms H, who has been paying for at-home care from her own pocket.As previously reported, reader Liz Stewart visited Mrs O on Thursday with Ms H and a friend who is at nurse at King Edward VII Memorial.Ms Stewart, whose mother has Alzheimer’s disease, organised immediate overnight care, meaning Mrs O slept in her own bed for the first time in months on Thursday evening.Ms Stewart is in the process of helping Ms H formulate an at-home care plan and said last night the most important thing was to raise the funds to pay for it.She urged anyone who has been touched by Mrs O’s story this week to dig deep and make a donation via the LCCA.“It’s not rocket science to organise the care, it’s just a matter of putting it in place,” she said.Bishop Ewen Ratteray, deputy chairman of LCCA’s cases committee, said the charity shared “the community’s sentiments and concern regarding the plight of Mrs O and having considered the matter are pleased to offer our services. We will also determine how we might be of further assistance.”Anyone wanting to help towards Mrs O’s expenses needs to specify that when they make their donation. Donations can be mailed or delivered to the LCCA at the following addresses: LCCA, PO Box HM 64, Hamilton, HM AX or LCCA, 26 Bermudiana Road, International Ctr Suite 211, Hamilton, HM 11.Donations may also be made to LCCA account #010-287-209-001 at HSBC. Please follow up your deposit by calling the LCCA on 292-1132 to advise the amount deposited and to specify that the funds are for Mrs O.l If you plan to hold a fundraising event for Mrs O, please let us have the details. E-mail sstrangeways@royalgazette.bm.