Category Archives: Aging
Our maladies last longer
Our modern medicine has not made our maladies disappear; it has only made them last longer: made chronic what used to be acute. :- Doug.
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Retirement: bringing family closer
There is another image coming for me today: retirement, our own later years, turning them purposely toward bringing family closer together. We work and play with these our family members, children, grandchildren, sister, brother, individually and together. With renewed intention … Continue reading
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Freeing elders from prison….
We have to think more broadly—we have to free our elders from the prisons we put them in. We need to return them to home and family—even if we have to create new forms of home and family. :- Doug.
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Long-term care is not about who pays but how we choose to live.
Long-term care is not about who pays but how we choose to live. :- Doug.
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Curing, healing, dementia, play
Though I cannot cure you, I can help heal you, restore you to play. Can those with dementia play? Do we have the love to play with them? To learn from them? :- Doug.
Alzheimer’s: modern Magellans?
“Right up to the last minute,” Joelle said to me “the soul has work to do” Weeks later her words lead me to ask What if it were more opening than disease this Alzheimer’s & these our tribe’s explorers? What … Continue reading
This infinite game
Elder Caring Law for me is about playing an infinite game with my clients, the infinite game of life and the purpose is to keep on playing it. :- Doug.
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Deeper with Alzheimer’s
How do we get to the deeper with a elder, say in an Alzheimer’s setting? What do they love, what did they love, what would make them more comfortable? Brandy on the gums, a grandchild’s hug, a song to sing, … Continue reading
Know any elders doing amazing things?
Hi– Do you know any elders doing amazing things? For instance, look at Glen Campbell, still singing professionally even though he has Alzheimer’s. If you know personally anybody doing amazing things, we’d like to share about them here–tell us their … Continue reading
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In the nursing home
In the nursing home, what is your life like, what do you find are the things that most engage you? What do you wonder about? About what do you find precious few people to talk with you? :- Doug.
Boomers: Your next 20 years
Boomers: Will your next 20 years count for something? How will you be of service? :- Doug.
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Elders, doctors and consults
A few days ago I learned that doctors are in some settings expected to see 40 patients a day. What’s the math on 40 patients in a day? Today I spoke with a couple of therapists about getting the doctor … Continue reading
There’s a pill for that
Far more than “There’s an app for that” Our medico-economic complex teaches “There’s a pill for that” “There’s a pill for every that” :- Doug.
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Work as inviting….
My work can be seen in terms of invite, free, call whole mmm. :- Doug.