Author Archives: dgermann
How does life differ
How does life differ in the residential wing of the nursing home from life in the rehabilitative wing? :- Doug.
Promoting non essential life in nursing homes
Promoting non essential life in nursing homes. :- Doug.
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Non essential life
I help non essential life go on after nursing home. :- Doug.
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Non ordinary existence
Why I have not been getting the message across: I have been trying to make it ordinary, make it make sense, make it fit within the everyday. Although it is everyday, and necessary to life, it is not the essential … Continue reading
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It was good today to ponder
It was good today to ponder, to let my spirit wander in quest of discoveries. :- Doug.
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Together, working better with elders
Together, working better with elders :- Doug.
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A friend of elders
I am a friend of elders, of reflection, and of the long view. :- Doug.
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Why does the body slow down?
Why does the body slow down? To give reflection time to catch up :- Doug.
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Older folks need space to envision
Older folks need space to envision their lives past and future their meaning and legacy are we facilitating and validating their work? :- Doug.
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Wrinklier!
Day by day I am getting wrinklier and wrinklier! :- Doug.
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Deal with loss?
How do humans deal with loss? We go on to something else. :- Doug.
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Equanimity
Can you find a way to face with equanimity the losses of advancing age: companions, physical function, mental function? :- Doug.
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unfamiliar new wrinkles!
Every day unfamiliar new wrinkles! You have to do something new If your life is to count more :- Doug.
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enough
Hear. That’s enough. :- Doug.
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Visions!
Visions! Most have them We all wander among them We should… Why don’t they… Insights, glimpses, wonderings Panoramic sightings How dare you withhold your Visions from our grandchildren Who could live off one For a thousand generations? Shout them, whisper … Continue reading
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