Category Archives: Caring
The question working me these days
The question that is working me these days is this: what is the larger picture of my work in the world? There is a family view, and there is a societal view. Both are larger than my little how I … Continue reading
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Engaging people, their world, for good
I converse. That is my work: engaging people in their world for good. Specifically for Mom and Dad facing difficulties thinking, getting along, staying healthy. :- Doug.
Highest aspirations
I am after motivations, especially highest aspirations. How do you want to see your mother treated now? What would you do if you could? What do you think your mother wants now? :- Doug.
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You are affected by Mom’s health
Reflection might start with getting people to see how they are affected by Mom’s or Dad’s health, by admitting their own vulnerable confusion and overwhelm, and finding their own role in the matter. :- Doug.
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I get to ask, “How?”
I get to ask, “How?” How do we care for Mom and Dad When thinking becomes difficult? Walking? Eating? Taking medicines? I get to ask this of families And of communities :- Doug.
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Is not to prepare a Power of Attorney
To prepare a Power of Attorney Is not to only prepare a Power of Attorney It only takes an hour to prepare And then another hour to Explore it with you :- Doug.
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How is this affecting Mom?
Ask, How is this affecting Mom? Then, How is this affecting you? :- Doug.
These inquiries
These inquiries with clients do need to be on-going and in-built. What matters to you now? What matters to your other family members? Tell me about a time when you acted together well. What could make this long-term care challenge … Continue reading
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We are not rapidly approaching…
We are not rapidly approaching the limits of what I know. We crossed that frontier long ago! :- Doug.
peace of mind. sooner.
Long-term care: peace of mind. Sooner. :- Doug.
Observe, observe, observe
Observe, observe, observe as lawyer I see the invisible infrastructure of laws and regs that you see dimly if at all as outsider I see something of how your family works—so then let us reflect together then you choose and … Continue reading
A x B
A x B A is the number of hours I do for you B is the multiplier: pointing out resourcefulness you had forgotten; knowing the Medicaid and VA law; bringing in other good folks to help out x is the … Continue reading
a breakthrough in legal practice
This might just mean that a breakthrough in legal practice will emerge. It certainly cannot if we do not do the experiment. The opportunity is here as well as out there. From here the community can grow. Community is beyond … Continue reading
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This is about bringing together
I have been on the cusp of seeing that I can bring this more into my practice: to get people to engage more, to take a human part, by starting the personal, humanly vulnerable ways. They do not even have … Continue reading
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