Monthly Archives: February 2016
Midwestern sensibilities?
What are our Midwestern sensibilities about how we ought to treat our elders? About what respect is due them? We are not just a conduit for the corporate flavor of the month, but we can be a conduit to affect … Continue reading
Work of elders?
What is the work our elders are doing to the very last breath? :- Doug.
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no deeper than this
We have a bigger than our own want to fill—we each want to help. It is possible humanity goes no deeper than this. :- Doug.
Posted in Caring, Family, Healing and Wholeness
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Lose yourself, find yourself?
It is said of old age, Lose yourself, find yourself. Have you found any truth in that? :- Doug.
Posted in Aging, Eldering
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What is the elder fun?
What is the elder fun of having a life of my own? of being complete in myself? enjoy myself enjoy those in my presence :- Doug.
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harvest of your life?
What does the harvest of your life look like? What is the harvest of your life? :- Doug.
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Alzheimer’s has Mary
Alzheimer’s has Mary. Don is worried. I’m helping. :- Doug.
Posted in Alzheimer's and other dementias, Caring
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People who love people with Alzheimer’s
People who love people with Alzheimer’s need help. That’s what I do. :- Doug.
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Loss is gain?
It is said in old age, Loss is gain. Has that proved true for you? :- Doug.
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proud to be old-fashioned?
What are some of the things you have live by, perhaps you are even proud to call old-fashioned? :- Doug.
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Long-term care decisions
I help people with long-term care decisions so they don’t worry. :- Doug.
The past
The past recent or distant not only think about but mostly process find our new relation to it who we are who we will be now :- Doug.
Posted in Aging, Eldering, Family, Poetry
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Like the new generation we’ve always been
Like the new generation we’ve always been, we have to now invent our responses to old age. :- Doug.
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Why is this conversation necessary?
Why is this conversation necessary? Because this is where the rubber meets the road, because Indiana has a low rating for caring for our elders, because these people know how to give a higher level of caring to our elders, … Continue reading
Posted in Caring, Conversation, Professional Caregivers
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