Why is this conversation necessary? Because this is where the rubber meets the road, because Indiana has a low rating for caring for our elders, because these people know how to give a higher level of caring to our elders, … Continue reading →

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My Work is conversation

Posted on February 6, 2016 by dgermann

My Work is conversation. :- Doug.

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Promoting non essential life in nursing homes

Posted on February 3, 2016 by dgermann

Promoting non essential life in nursing homes. :- Doug.

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Non essential life

Posted on February 3, 2016 by dgermann

I help non essential life go on after nursing home. :- Doug.

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Together, working better with elders

Posted on February 2, 2016 by dgermann

Together, working better with elders :- Doug.

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Older folks need space to envision

Posted on February 1, 2016 by dgermann

Older folks need space to envision their lives past and future their meaning and legacy are we facilitating and validating their work? :- Doug.

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The line is crossed

Posted on January 30, 2016 by dgermann

We need a larger view of death and dying and particularly of life. Life includes what we call death. There is birth, there is death and there are the spaces in between. It is all of one fabric. Death can … Continue reading →

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crinkle in the eye

Posted on January 29, 2016 by dgermann

My dream is to invite you out to play All of you and all of me Especially the parts with crinkle in the eye Questions alive! That might take us to new :- Doug.

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aging possibility

Posted on January 29, 2016 by dgermann

I’m in the aging possibility work. :- Doug.

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counsel with people facing

Posted on January 28, 2016 by dgermann

I counsel with people facing long-term care and end of life. :-Doug.

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I befriend people

Posted on January 26, 2016 by dgermann

A very light nearly imperceptible shimmering of the pond’s surface: a breath moves it silences me :- Doug.

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in-betweens

Posted on January 25, 2016 by dgermann

What I want to say is close to this: We don’t hear each other. Maybe never much have. We don’t hear ourselves. And we certainly don’t hear the in-betweens. My work is the in-betweens. A Will for instance is an … Continue reading →

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