Category Archives: Caring

Caring welcomes; care does to

Caring welcomes; care does to. :- Doug.

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Working on Wills

I work on people’s wills—their will to care well for one another in and out of nursing homes, in end of life, in families. :- Doug.

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strength in long conferences

My strength is the long conference…so that we can arrive at more workable options. :- Doug.

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Everything–O!

Today we have a place to Breathe for you Eat for you & Keep you safely Medicated —Everything you’d ever Want—O my! :- Doug.

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Caring is action

Caring is action; care is done to a thing. Caring is also shared, moves among us. :- Doug.

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Care and Caring

Care: technically proficient but detached. Caring: find what the client values and seeking engagement in bringing that to fruition. :- Doug.

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A client who does not want to be helped

Helping a client who does not want to be helped, or who is otherwise stubborn? This approach is useful, I think, as a first try: 1. Foremost, do not try to sell any outcome or value; 2. Move toward specific … Continue reading

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While we’re dying

You’re dying. I’m dying. There, we have said it. We are all dying. Some sooner than others. It is a matter of degree, of timing. It is a sure thing. Let us be kind to one another. So let’s talk … Continue reading

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the long conference

My forte is the long conference. It is important to me to know people, to absorb one another. :- Doug.

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Serving other attorneys?

How can we serve other attorneys in Medicaid issues? :- Doug.

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Even that

Even that Let go :- Doug.

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How to love in a nursing home?

How to love in a nursing home? How do we bring life to Mom? A good day to Dad? :- Doug.

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going where we are helpless

Our best humanity is found in going where we are helpless. :- Doug.

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Rhymes not needed, verse not needed:

Poetry means expressing the person, and the person is always in community, always a community. Poetry means the something more, the something larger. Poetry includes a rolling up of sleeves and setting to work. It means beauty, truth, goodness. It … Continue reading

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some things you have not

I have read some things, thought some things you have not. I can help. :- Doug.

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Never get to nothing more we can do

We are faced with a powerful combination—we don’t know when we’re dying; we never get to “nothing more we can do.” So we keep pushing the gas pedal. The brakes are not necessary: can’t we coast gently to rest? :- … Continue reading

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We have tried this at home

We have tried this at home. The results have been pretty good. Let’s keep making better. :- Doug.

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