Category Archives: Caring

Your Why

Posted on February 22, 2016 by dgermann

Your Why is more important to me than my How. :- Doug.

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Momentarily caring:

Posted on February 22, 2016 by dgermann

Momentarily Caring: Little ways when you’re pressed for time :- Doug.

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I might be doing powers of attorney so

Posted on February 21, 2016 by dgermann

I might be doing powers of attorney so Don can handle Mary’s banking and doctoring; I might be working with them through rearranging assets and gathering proofs so Mary can get relief from that six-times-their-income nursing home bill; I might … Continue reading →

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needing each other age

Posted on February 19, 2016 by dgermann

Needing each other age is our old-old age and every other age had we eyes :- Doug.

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Who cares well?

Posted on February 18, 2016 by dgermann

Who cares well for others? What do they do differently? :- Doug.

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When we are so busy?

Posted on February 17, 2016 by dgermann

How do we converse with Elders, when we are so busy? :- Doug.

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elders conversing

Posted on February 16, 2016 by dgermann

Look for people who want to get the elders conversing with each other and others. :- Doug.

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Where they are?

Posted on February 16, 2016 by dgermann

Can we meet elders where they are? Today? :- Doug.

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What is elder time?

Posted on February 16, 2016 by dgermann

What is Elder time, the elder experiences of time, and how does it affect the professional caregiver? :- Doug.

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commits you to a new path of life

Posted on February 15, 2016 by dgermann

What you do every moment of every day commits you to a new path of life choose with abandon :- Doug.

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best caregivers?

Posted on February 15, 2016 by dgermann

Who are the best caregivers you know? :- Doug.

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most caring front line people?

Posted on February 15, 2016 by dgermann

Who are the most caring front line people you know? Who is doing something a little special? :- Doug.

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A longer softer view of aging:

Posted on February 14, 2016 by dgermann

A longer softer view of aging: and how caring we are being. :- Doug.

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Let us see freshly

Posted on February 13, 2016 by dgermann

Let us see freshly the world of elders, the world in which we work and live. :- Doug.

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Midwestern sensibilities?

Posted on February 12, 2016 by dgermann

What are our Midwestern sensibilities about how we ought to treat our elders? About what respect is due them? We are not just a conduit for the corporate flavor of the month, but we can be a conduit to affect … Continue reading →

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no deeper than this

Posted on February 12, 2016 by dgermann

We have a bigger than our own want to fill—we each want to help. It is possible humanity goes no deeper than this. :- Doug.

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The last years

Posted on February 10, 2016 by dgermann

The last years, our last things we do and say for and to each other—these I want to explore for our family and legal growth. :- Doug.

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