Category Archives: Emergency/Crisis Medical

There comes a now

Posted on March 16, 2015 by dgermann

There comes a now For me to give up cure And work on healing. :- Doug.

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Will I be relevant to me?

Posted on March 8, 2015 by dgermann

Will I be relevant to me? A year or two from now? A step or two down my road? :- Doug.

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Making the decision easier?

Posted on March 7, 2015 by dgermann

Is asking What would Dad want a way of making our decision easier? Yes, and that is not bad. But sometimes we need to think harder and more deeply for ourselves—and them. What is a good child to do? :- … Continue reading →

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My family will do the right thing?

Posted on March 7, 2015 by dgermann

My family will do the right thing. But how will they know? Unless I tell them? :- Doug.

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What life are we doing everything to keep going?

Posted on March 4, 2015 by dgermann

What life are we doing everything to keep going? The tubes and technology and drug-induced grogginess, interacting with new strangers every few hours? Or the most profound days of our lives? What can we do to make the latter? :- … Continue reading →

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someday you will not be allowed

Posted on March 2, 2015 by dgermann

Someday you will not be allowed to decide find out now decide now for when :- Doug.

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A third choice

Posted on January 26, 2015 by dgermann

Most people think that their only choices when facing a “nothing more we can do” declaration are 1. do everything; 2. Give up. A third choice is to make each day good, as good as we can. :- Doug.

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It’s really reflection and heart work

Posted on January 25, 2015 by dgermann

It’s really reflection and heart work, even though on the surface we are talking about nursing homes, Medicaid, and end of life decisions. :- Doug.

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family and what matters

Posted on January 25, 2015 by dgermann

My work is with elders in crisis. My work is with reflection and heart, truth and beauty, family and what matters. People caring for people in a nursing home setting. In an end of life setting. Crisis does name nursing … Continue reading →

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What can we make of this news?

Posted on January 24, 2015 by dgermann

I will give you news you already know: Mom is going to die. Now, what can we make of the next months and years? :- Doug.

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Elders in crisis

Posted on January 23, 2015 by dgermann

Elders in crisis and I work on reflection and heart matters. :- Doug.

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Can I accept compassion?

Posted on January 20, 2015 by dgermann

Can I accept compassion? :- Doug.

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How many need to have the end of life conversation?

Posted on January 19, 2015 by dgermann

How many people need to have the end of life conversation? In our country? Our state? :- Doug.

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Medicine extending our days

Posted on January 13, 2015 by dgermann

Medicine can extend our days. In so doing, extend our suffering. :- Doug.

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safe from the crisis

Posted on January 7, 2015 by dgermann

The conversations I invite take place safe from the crisis. Yet they prepare us for the crisis. In a sense they are memento mori (remember dying): memento viventium (remember living) in the face of memento mori. Not so we have … Continue reading →

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Crisis medical

Posted on December 31, 2014 by dgermann

Crisis medical sounds like a good term instead of emergency medical. Its root meaning is life and death decision point, and its connotation is people running around under emotional pressure and distress to do or not do something. So it … Continue reading →

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What level of being alive?

Posted on December 20, 2014 by dgermann

What level of being alive is tolerable to you? What is being alive? :- Doug.

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