Category Archives: Caring

Your last 3 days?

Posted on March 8, 2012 by dgermann

How would you like to live at the end of life? Your last 3 days? :- Doug.

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Two end of life conversations:

Posted on March 7, 2012 by dgermann

There are two end of life conversations. One is the kind of conversation we have at various times while we are thinking of our end of life: do this for me, avoid doing that if you can. The second is … Continue reading →

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Home

Posted on March 5, 2012 by dgermann

Elder caring is a branch of law where it is OK to be caring. It is home. :- Doug.

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Betrayed by the doctor?

Posted on March 4, 2012 by dgermann

We feel betrayed by the doctor when we are told there is no more to be done to hold back the disease. But our anger stems not from the doctor, rather our culture which tells us we can buy our … Continue reading →

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In the nursing home

Posted on February 25, 2012 by dgermann

In the nursing home, what is your life like, what do you find are the things that most engage you? What do you wonder about? About what do you find precious few people to talk with you? :- Doug.

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Our whole work is conversation.

Posted on February 1, 2012 by dgermann

Our whole work is conversation. Whole, as in rounded, full, complete, healing. Our, as in each person on this globe. Conversation, meaning turning with, a picture of dancing, and a picture of turning over a compost heap to keep it … Continue reading →

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Working on my compassion

Posted on January 25, 2012 by dgermann

I am working on my compassion. :- Doug.

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Caring is compassion

Posted on January 25, 2012 by dgermann

Care can be a commercial transaction. Caring is compassion. :- Doug.

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Caring who

Posted on January 24, 2012 by dgermann

Care is a word people use to say what they sell; Caring is a word I use to describe who I am. :- Doug.

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Many ways to advocate

Posted on January 23, 2012 by dgermann

There are many ways to advocate. We can advocate by counseling. :- Doug.

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Our whole work

Posted on January 15, 2012 by dgermann

Our whole work is conversing, engaging, encountering, meeting: our whole work is bringing us to whole, our whole work is whole-making, whole-realizing. Our whole work is conversing. :- Doug.

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New tool: What’s your prognosis?

Posted on January 11, 2012 by dgermann

Friends– GeriPal.org has posted a combination electronic tool for doctors and other clinicians to use to get an idea about how long you or Mom or Dad might live, given your health and a number of other factors. You might … Continue reading →

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Cast your line into the water

Posted on January 10, 2012 by dgermann

I can be your guide, but you’ve got to cast your line into the water. :- Doug.

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Law, technicalities and guessing

Posted on January 9, 2012 by dgermann

Law is not solely about the technicalities: it goes beyond to what works, what is apt to work, and where peoples’ hearts want to go. All life is guessing; we must work also with art and heart. :- Doug.

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Heart and hearing

Posted on January 8, 2012 by dgermann

What I bring to my clients, to the law: sensitivity and caring: heart and hearing. These two things. :- Doug.

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The important thing

Posted on January 3, 2012 by dgermann

The important thing is that we converse. :- Doug.

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Prognosis: if you knew….

Posted on December 12, 2011 by dgermann

Friends– “For an 85 year old patient, with a life expectancy of six years, a frank discussion of prognosis might result in “a significant reordering of health priorities,” said Alexander K. Smith. “For example, maintaining mobility, putting financial affairs in … Continue reading →

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