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Elders who are caring
Elders who are caring About their families, future & world Are the ones for whom we work :- Doug.
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Elders SAT
We encourage elders to not sit, but SAT; Speak, Act, and Think originally. :- Doug.
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Nursing Homes: for profit vs not for profit?
Friends– Does it make a difference if the nursing home you are considering is for profit or not for profit? This article says it does, at least in generalities: http://www.medicareadvocacy.org/2012/03/15/non-profit-vs-for-profit-nursing-homes-is-there-a-difference-in-care/ Check it out and see what you think. :- Doug.
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News: Annuity sales person ordered to jail
Friends– Here is a case of elder abuse as a crime, in a common transaction. It says annuity sales people need to be very careful in dealing with older adults: An annuity salesperson has been convicted and ordered to jail … Continue reading
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Open reciprocity
The practice is about open reciprocity. We have some answers; you have others: together we paint the future. :- Doug.
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Eldering is mixing it up with the future
Eldering is about taking action and mixing it up with the future, not passively taking what it dishes out. :- Doug.
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Eldering within families
The vision of eldering within families that animates our practice is continuity and open-endedness. :- Doug.
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Law at play
We move beyond law as business to law at play. :- Doug.
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The bigger job of Wills?
What is the bigger job of Wills, Estates, and Powers of Attorney, if not loving well? :- Doug.
Imagine conversing with your family….
Imagine conversing with your family about the things brought up in considering your final chapter. Think of the specific people you’d want to talk with. Who would be easiest to talk with? Where would you be? How would you start? … Continue reading
Beyond death as failure?
How could we, today, here, work to change our cultural view from death as failure, to something wiser and more human? :- Doug.
Hear Doug on good medical decisions
Friends– On Tuesday I had the pleasure of being on Dale Carter’s Blog Talk Radio show to converse about “How to Help Your Aging Parent with Crisis Medical Decisions.” The program was recorded, and you can listen to it here: … Continue reading
A pill for this/A pill for that…
A pill for this A pill for that But no pill to Keep us from Getting fat! :- Doug.
Posted in Healing and Wholeness, Poetry
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