Category Archives: Caring

Done to–or being-doing?

Posted on April 29, 2017 by dgermann

Done to—or being-doing: this is the end of life question. :- Doug.

Posted in Caring, Conversation, Death and living while dying, Family, Healing and Wholeness, Professional Caregivers | Leave a comment

Mom does not have to go broke

Posted on April 27, 2017 by dgermann

Mom does not have to go broke if Dad goes to the nursing home. She can buy things, she can loan things, she is in charge…. :- Doug.

Posted in Caring, Long-Term Care and nursing homes | Leave a comment

The sense to use with crazy talk in the dying is Let’s find out. Be curious. Ask. He might just be using metaphor or saying it in story. She might just want assurances that you will be OK, that she … Continue reading →

Posted in Caring, Conversation, Death and living while dying, Family, Professional Caregivers | Leave a comment

grace in being cared for

Posted on April 9, 2017 by dgermann

A giving in receiving grace in being cared for: our presence softly :- Doug.

Posted in Aging, Caring, Eldering, Poetry, Professional Caregivers | Leave a comment

Be daring!

Posted on April 6, 2017 by dgermann

Be daring: be caring! :- Doug.

Posted in Caring, Professional Caregivers | Leave a comment

Ways to pay

Posted on March 25, 2017 by dgermann

I help people work through their end of life questions, and I help them find ways to pay for a place like this—or even a nursing home—without becoming paupers. :- Doug.

Posted in Caring, Long-Term Care and nursing homes | Leave a comment

The big hows

Posted on March 24, 2017 by dgermann

I help people with the big hows at the end of life: how they will get on, how they will pay for it, how they will complete a meaningful life. :- Doug.

Posted in Caring, Death and living while dying, Eldering, Long-Term Care and nursing homes | Leave a comment

The questions

Posted on March 23, 2017 by dgermann

I bring the questions. :- Doug.

Posted in Caring, Professional Caregivers | Leave a comment

I work for nice people

Posted on March 21, 2017 by dgermann

I work for nice people. Nice people are caring. That’s why I get to call myself an elder caring attorney. :- Doug.

Posted in Caring, Professional Caregivers | Leave a comment

Care is from corporate

Posted on March 13, 2017 by dgermann

Care is from corporate Caring is from the heart :- Doug.

Posted in Caring, Poetry, Professional Caregivers | Leave a comment

the soft one

Posted on March 6, 2017 by dgermann

I’m the soft one. :- Doug.

Posted in Caring, Professional Caregivers | Leave a comment

May I learn caring from you?

Posted on February 27, 2017 by dgermann

May I learn caring from you? :- Doug.

Posted in Caring, Eldering, Professional Caregivers | Leave a comment

Caring needs to be peculiar

Posted on February 19, 2017 by dgermann

Mostly, caring needs to be peculiar to the client: what they would like, what they would find nurturing. So we need to ask, need to inquire after the person. :- Doug.

Posted in Caring, Professional Caregivers | Leave a comment

Touching one another’s lives

Posted on February 15, 2017 by dgermann

Touching lives. This may be what I saw when I wrote that sharing grief is humanity’s soul purpose. Touching one another’s lives. Allowing ourselves to be touched. Lives touching. Inextricably entwining. :- Doug.

Posted in Caring, Conversation, Eldering, Family, Grieving, Healing and Wholeness, Professional Caregivers | Leave a comment

head work, heart work

Posted on February 14, 2017 by dgermann

Care is head work; caring is heart work. :- Doug.

Posted in Caring, Professional Caregivers | Leave a comment

Be caring!

Posted on February 12, 2017 by dgermann

Be caring! :- Doug.

Posted in Caring, Professional Caregivers | Leave a comment

But we’re about caring

Posted on February 6, 2017 by dgermann

We have smart people. We work hard. We know some things. But we’re about caring. :- Doug.

Posted in Caring | Leave a comment