Category Archives: Caring
For this lawyer, time is…
For this lawyer, time is…life energy. :- Doug.
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Meaning of life and dementia
What is the meaning of life for a person who has dementia? For a person who is never going to get well? :- Doug.
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Nursing home–working out a way
People say “Mom is in the nursing home and needs help. I need help to help her.” Then we sit and work out a way. :- Doug.
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Engaging is loving
Engaging is loving :- Doug.
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A new person every day
A new person every day Mom is Can I meet her afresh? :- Doug.
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A Mom is a terrible thing to waste
A Mom is a terrible thing to waste :- Doug.
What does he like to do now?
What does he like to do Now? Meet Dad anew :- Doug.
Good things, good people, nursing homes
Getting done good things for good people dealing with nursing homes. :- Doug.
Help us do what we need
The Court is here to help us do what we need to do. Why would we use a lathe as a hammer? :- Doug.
Walking beside
Walking beside is my work walking into our outside :- Doug.
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Thinking forward in long-term health progressions
Thinking forward, thinking backward: how does this apply to families in long-term health progressions? Backward has its uses—what we have done for one another, how we have loved one another. Forward thinking takes us through observation and construction of the … Continue reading
Our holy work is to
Our holy work is to expand worlds: of individuals and families facing tough long-term care decisions, and of communities wanting to be communities. :- Doug.
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This is holy work
This is holy work, sacred. What makes it so? Bringing us together, opening. :- Doug.
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One family thing
What’s one thing important for me to know about your family? Tell me a story that illustrates that. :- Doug.
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A story of family
Tell me a story from your life that helps me understand an important aspect of your family. :- Doug.
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Your commitment to your father
What is a story from your life that tells a little bit about your commitment to your father? :- Doug.
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Seeking an even larger view
I have felt best about my work when I sat with the man whose wife is in the nursing home and we pondered about how life changed in a stroke—literally—and how to respond to a daughter who is both in … Continue reading
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