Category Archives: Caring
Imprisoning people with Alzheimer’s
The face of disability is changing and it is us. We are becoming an aging society and our living longer has revealed to us new accouterments of aging in the form of various dementias, most of which are physical. Our … Continue reading
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Shh. Yes, you are fragile
Shh. Yes, you are fragile No, that is not all right But you are as all of us & together & alone We get to where we can Share this fragility There is strength here too Among us :- Doug.
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Quotation: the cords between people
Especially in this time of managed care, more emphasis seems to be placed upon medication and the quick amelioration of symptoms, short-term work and privatized, profit-making clinics, than upon the lovely and mysterious alchemy that comprises the cords between people, … Continue reading
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Of heart & mind
Of heart & mind, caring is rather than commercial transaction :- Doug.
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20 Common Nursing Home Problems
The National Senior Citizens Law Center has just republished its eye-opening guide. A single free copy can be downloaded here: http://www.nsclc.org/publications/manuals/manual.2006-06-08.3692004924 For instance, did you know: –A relative does not have to sign as responsible for the elder’s nursing home … Continue reading
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Caring is not bought or sold
Caring is the heart freely given from one to another. Caring is not bought nor sold. :- Doug.
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respect the pain of the older ones
I respect the pain of the older ones; I cannot always alleviate it. This is the difference between caring and care. I respect the beauty of each soul, and seek to hear it out into the open. :- Doug.
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She’s not heavy, she’s my mother: How do I deal with the stress of Mom’s or Dad’s increasing needs?
Copyright © 2011, Douglas D. Germann, Sr., Professional Corporation. 574/291-0022, fax 574/291-0024, PO Box 2796, South Bend, IN 46680-2796 No one of us has all the answers to this quandary. Life is lived in conversation, is given breath when we … Continue reading
This way of doing legal projects is hard work–
This way of doing legal projects is hard work—not just for the attorney. Client and family are apt to leave wrung-out, sweating, with a glow of a task well done. We don’t try to make it unnecessarily easy. :- Doug.
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Caring heart
I have a caring heart for my clients. For some I provide care, for all friendship. :- Doug.
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A Will is more work than that.
A Will is more work than that. :- Doug.
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Caring is a bigger thing
Caring is a bigger thing & includes Care when necessary. :- Doug.
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Some are under my care
Some are under my care as under my wing; all are within my caring heart. :- Doug.
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Caring about the living
It’s about caring about someone who’s still alive, rather than providing care to someone while they’re on their way out. :- Doug.
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I don’t tend broken seniors; elders have my heart.
I don’t tend broken seniors; elders have my heart. :- Doug.
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Found: Caring in an uncaring system
Found: Caring in an uncaring system :- Doug.
Care can be seen as something done to an It; Caring is how friends are kind to one another.
Care can be seen as something done to an It; Caring is how friends are kind to one another. :- Doug.
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