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- MA: HHS CMS State Medicaid Manuals
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Monthly Archives: August 2013
How many leaves?
How many leaves on you, maple tree? Will you green before turning brown? :- Doug.
Posted in Dreams, Eldering, Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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In elder caring, things move quickly
In elder caring, things move quickly. More quickly than you would expect. Client is in the nursing home, and the nursing home is saying he is “plateauing:” they need to stop therapy and make the family private pay. Medicare will … Continue reading
Where you stand affects what you see
Where you stand affects what you see. :- Doug.
Posted in Caring, Family, Healing and Wholeness
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Cars! We love ’em!
Cars! We love ’em! Why do we drive so fast We spend so little time in ’em? :- Doug.
Posted in Poetry
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Converse now
Converse Now. :- Doug.
Posted in Conversation, Family, Healing and Wholeness
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more ways
Here there is nothing wrong Every here There are always more ways :- Doug.
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The arc of our lives is long
The arc of our lives is long. At both ends it bends toward earthy rhythms. At these ends others fulfill themselves caring for us. Our loving can be found in letting them. It’s not If but When we will slow … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Caring, Eldering, Family, Healing and Wholeness
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Have people to love,
Have people to love, things to do, today and early. :- Doug.
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Sidestep argument
Sidestep argument change the terms, the words, the actions —embrace the other (the other you)! :- Doug.
Posted in Conversation, Eldering, Family, Healing and Wholeness
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worth doing cheaply
The trust mills are staffed by people who believe anything worth doing is worth doing cheaply. :- Doug.
Posted in Trusts and Trusting, Wills
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Let’s invite some conversation!
Let’s invite some conversation! :- Doug.
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Winds, winds: blow
Winds, winds: blow winds, wind around my heart from where and to where unknown to us, calling to us to go to where, to find from where we may: ever unknown yet ever we are given to make up for … Continue reading
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Today’s a just-so setting
Today’s a just-so setting For what will happen in it :- Doug.
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Labyrinths stand for elder caring work
Labyrinths stand for elder caring work, and for conversation within that work. You are in a place dark and foreboding, with directions and bits and pieces of information scattered, now a straight line, now a fork in the road. When … Continue reading
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