Category Archives: Long-Term Care and nursing homes
Summons or invitations?
For a business to provide care for a senior runs the risk of warehousing—providing a place for waiting for the final summons. Yet…what if we were elders…and had a calling…and were looking for invitations? :- Doug.
Playing with the boundaries
The government in Medicaid and similar programs must play within boundaries; families may play with boundaries. :- Doug.
You’re in the elder caring woods….
You’re on a path through the elder caring woods: seek out a guide, notice the stars above, and hold hands. :- Doug.
Families think together
Let’s help our family think together about ways to live more fully as family. Nursing homes are not storage bins; long-term care is not all or even mostly about money and disease: these are places people live, and we can … Continue reading
Deeper with Alzheimer’s
How do we get to the deeper with a elder, say in an Alzheimer’s setting? What do they love, what did they love, what would make them more comfortable? Brandy on the gums, a grandchild’s hug, a song to sing, … Continue reading
Play in late stages
Friend Bernie DeKoven has this wonderful post about play and Alzheimer’s folks: http://www.deepfun.com/fun/2012/03/play-in-late-stages/ You will be glad you took a look…. :- Doug.
In the nursing home
In the nursing home, what is your life like, what do you find are the things that most engage you? What do you wonder about? About what do you find precious few people to talk with you? :- Doug.
Doctors may become mere technicians
I’m hearing from my elder clients’ children that they cannot get a time to talk with the doctor about what is going on with their parent, what the prognosis might be, and what the best course of treatment ought to … Continue reading
Elders, doctors and consults
A few days ago I learned that doctors are in some settings expected to see 40 patients a day. What’s the math on 40 patients in a day? Today I spoke with a couple of therapists about getting the doctor … Continue reading
There’s a pill for that
Far more than “There’s an app for that” Our medico-economic complex teaches “There’s a pill for that” “There’s a pill for every that” :- Doug.
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Long-Term Care: mysterious words and ways and….
Long-term care mixes the mysterious words and ways of medicine with the arcane rules and regulations of bureaucrat and insurance giant, and presents you with choices, the consequences of which you cannot yet see. Yet there are people in these … Continue reading
Work as inviting….
My work can be seen in terms of invite, free, call whole mmm. :- Doug.
Scouting paths
I will go on ahead and scout out some paths through your woods. :- Doug.
Cast your line into the water
I can be your guide, but you’ve got to cast your line into the water. :- Doug.
Law, technicalities and guessing
Law is not solely about the technicalities: it goes beyond to what works, what is apt to work, and where peoples’ hearts want to go. All life is guessing; we must work also with art and heart. :- Doug.
Getting through the long-term care woods
You can get to the other side of the woods by many paths: some have bogs and some briers and some are better trodden, but even the better worn still have precarious spots and some unfriendly critters here and there. … Continue reading