Monthly Archives: September 2013
Self Help Packet: Medicare “Improvement” standard
Friends– If you or a loved one are told you no longer qualify for Medicare paid therapy and your 100 days is more like 25 because you have “plateaued,” here is a Self Help Packet from Center for Medicare Advocacy: … Continue reading
What don’t the youngsters know?
What don’t the youngsters know? :- Doug.
What difference can we make?
What difference can we make? :- Doug.
Beautiful and worthwhile aging
What’s beautiful and worthwhile about this land called aging? Why are we headed there? :- Doug.
The time is ripe
The time is ripe and so are you. :- Doug.
We can help each other
We can help each other do that! :- Doug.
If you could do what you most love
If you could do what you most love, and use your experience and wisdom to better our world, what would you be doing? :- Doug.
Using our wisdom
How can we use our wisdom for the good of our world? :- Doug.
Oct 4 & 5: Discovering Ourselves Wiser
You are invited…. Discovering Ourselves Wiser Using Our Wisdom for Our World How the co-learning happens Your years count. As Mentor, Sage, Poet you have something of great value to share. Gather with other people who are putting their experience … Continue reading
Wise not to retire:
For me it seems wise not to retire: I might stop doing the few community things I am doing, I might no longer have the get-it-started quality of heart. :- Doug.
Neediness is a gift
Neediness in a conversation is as much of a gift as that by a know-it-all. The commerce is in information through ideas through creativity to real wisdom, and each of these opens the doors to meaningful exchange. It might be … Continue reading
simpler times
Today we are living the simpler times which our grandchildren will mourn. :- Doug.
Healthy aging tips, beyond physical
Take a look at Dale Carter’s wonderful article. It goes beyond getting plenty of sleep and eating right: http://blog.springerpub.com/gerontology/beyond-the-physical-3-key-tips-for-healthy-aging :- Doug.
What you see is your eye
The opening segment of the film Consider the Conversation shows older people in nursing homes having difficulty doing therapy, eating messily. Some folks see this as denigrating folks or making fun. Others see it as finding our compassion. What you … Continue reading