Category Archives: Caring
If doctors
If doctors have no desire for conversation, then we can take on having the conversation for them. :- Doug.
Posted in Caring, Conversation, Eldering, Emergency/Crisis Medical
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The art of living together well
Law is the art of living together; Elder Caring Law is the art of living together well. :- Doug.
Posted in Caring, Conversation, Eldering, Family
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Changing the rules as we age….
The effect of Elder Caring Law is to eliminate boundaries to life and finance and health: to open new horizons of time, connection, and wholeness. :- Doug.
Posted in Caring, Family, Healing and Wholeness
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Elminate boundaries, open horizons
The effect of Elder Caring Law is to eliminate boundaries to life and finance and health: to open new horizons of time, connection, and wholeness. :- Doug.
Posted in Caring, Dreams, Eldering, Healing and Wholeness
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Keeping life and family in play
It is the purpose of Elder Caring Law to keep life and family in play. :- Doug.
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You’re in the elder caring woods….
You’re on a path through the elder caring woods: seek out a guide, notice the stars above, and hold hands. :- Doug.
This infinite game
Elder Caring Law for me is about playing an infinite game with my clients, the infinite game of life and the purpose is to keep on playing it. :- Doug.
Posted in Aging, Caring, Conversation, Eldering, Family, Healing and Wholeness
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Elders who are caring
Elders who are caring About their families, future & world Are the ones for whom we work :- Doug.
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The bigger job of Wills?
What is the bigger job of Wills, Estates, and Powers of Attorney, if not loving well? :- Doug.
Hear Doug on good medical decisions
Friends– On Tuesday I had the pleasure of being on Dale Carter’s Blog Talk Radio show to converse about “How to Help Your Aging Parent with Crisis Medical Decisions.” The program was recorded, and you can listen to it here: … Continue reading
Families think together
Let’s help our family think together about ways to live more fully as family. Nursing homes are not storage bins; long-term care is not all or even mostly about money and disease: these are places people live, and we can … Continue reading
Deeper with Alzheimer’s
How do we get to the deeper with a elder, say in an Alzheimer’s setting? What do they love, what did they love, what would make them more comfortable? Brandy on the gums, a grandchild’s hug, a song to sing, … Continue reading
Play in late stages
Friend Bernie DeKoven has this wonderful post about play and Alzheimer’s folks: http://www.deepfun.com/fun/2012/03/play-in-late-stages/ You will be glad you took a look…. :- Doug.
Healthcare as easily changed as….
Seems to me that the word “care” has been taken over by the marketing people and the politicians, so that it now has a commercial character to it. My guess is that the doctors and nurses practicing in the 1950s … Continue reading