Author Archives: dgermann
We have tried this at home
We have tried this at home. The results have been pretty good. Let’s keep making better. :- Doug.
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The system fights love
The system fights back against love. Yet I tell you: we are the system. Moreover: we are the love. :- Doug.
Alzheimer’s is not a solitary disease
Alzheimer’s is not a solitary disease It is the dis-ease of being made solitary :- Doug.
Love is not
Love is not What we think It is :- Doug.
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The words we lose
The words we lose The beauty we find The beauty takes away our breath :- Doug.
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Unsafe for whom?
Unsafe for whom? The nursing home patient or the nursing home administration? :- Doug.
Love is not normal
Love is not normal Love is not comfortable Until you dare :- Doug.
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The nurses and CNAs
The nurses and CNAs are untapped resources of information, intelligence, and heart. They are the sensitive fingertips of the beast, able to detect, able to handle delicate operations: able to bring meaning and human touch to a mechanical checklist—if we … Continue reading
Memory may be stored between the cells
Memory may be stored in the betweens of cells, the neighborhoods of the cells, the dendrites. There are more than a few connections made by each cell. If one cell dies, then do our memories run up a road ending … Continue reading
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People with people
People with people working on caring for one another we are. :- Doug.
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My dream a world conversing
My dream a world conversing And look! It’s working! Traffic flows on streets and highways Business and government intermix Flowing around each other Ambulances, police, fire All one people helping people, loving Conversing :- Doug.
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might not get better. But we can
People in nursing homes might not get better. But we can. We can treat them better. More importantly, they can live meaningfully. They can have light in their eyes. :- Doug.
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