Category Archives: Caring

Complete?

Posted on August 14, 2014 by dgermann

I plan to not retire I still have big W Work to do What’s yours? Is it complete? :- Doug.

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Big W Work

Posted on August 13, 2014 by dgermann

My big W Work is bringing together wives husbands parents children Medicaid VA nursing homes friends fun & life :- Doug.

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My long suit

Posted on August 11, 2014 by dgermann

My long suit is long conferences. :- Doug.

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find their creativity

Posted on July 30, 2014 by dgermann

Ask Mom or Dad to make a painting, poem, sculpture; find their creativity. :- Doug.

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with Dad?

Posted on July 29, 2014 by dgermann

What can we create with Dad? :- Doug.

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Gathering a family

Posted on July 26, 2014 by dgermann

Gathering a family heart, mind, and can-do around the person most in need of our loving :- Doug.

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Just researched a bit about expressive therapy: the use of music, art, and story telling to help folks with dementia have a higher quality life. For me I understand higher quality to mean more woven into life. This study says … Continue reading →

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Silence is a massage

Posted on July 24, 2014 by dgermann

Silence is a massage Of brain, heart, and will :- Doug.

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Teach conversation to lawyers

Posted on July 22, 2014 by dgermann

Teach conversation to lawyers Sacred relationship—the heart of law practice Irreplaceable and interchangeable at once With whom else can we partner? :- Doug.

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This can be a good thing

Posted on July 13, 2014 by dgermann

This can be a good thing. :- Doug.

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Change is scary

Posted on July 1, 2014 by dgermann

Change is scary if you’re the one changed change is also growth :- Doug.

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Caring:

Posted on June 26, 2014 by dgermann

Caring: where my heart is. :- Doug.

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Confusion when in the nursing home

Posted on June 20, 2014 by dgermann

I disorganize the confusion people feel when their loved one is in the nursing home. :- Doug.

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step past the edge of knowledge

Posted on June 17, 2014 by dgermann

A professional is someone who knows Where to step past the edge of knowledge Into the frontiers of curiosity :- Doug.

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Is to love

Posted on June 14, 2014 by dgermann

To live To meet Is to love :- Doug.

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Befriending Mom: beyond ADLs and IADLs

Posted on June 13, 2014 by dgermann

Ω 936 Truth: You’ve heard of ADLs and maybe IADLs; let’s look beyond. Activities of Daily Living refer to bathing, dressing, eating, and the like—the basic stuff of life. This is what the ancients called Truth: can you do the … Continue reading →

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I invite I imagine I engage

Posted on June 12, 2014 by dgermann

I invite I imagine I engage :- Doug.

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