Category Archives: Family
Freeing elders from prison….
We have to think more broadly—we have to free our elders from the prisons we put them in. We need to return them to home and family—even if we have to create new forms of home and family. :- Doug.
Posted in Aging, Family, Long-Term Care and nursing homes
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Family Council: something begins
One purpose of Family Council is to open space for inspired, workable next steps, in a setting where We is more important than Do, in a setting where the next steps are confused. Something begins. :- Doug.
Posted in Conversation, Eldering, Family, Healing and Wholeness
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Alzheimer’s: modern Magellans?
“Right up to the last minute,” Joelle said to me “the soul has work to do” Weeks later her words lead me to ask What if it were more opening than disease this Alzheimer’s & these our tribe’s explorers? What … Continue reading
In this family together
We are in this family and in this setting together. Only together do we move on. Even if some of us pull away and stop participating, the whole of us must adjust and find a way forward. We might be … Continue reading
More than just get you on Medicaid
The work is more than just to get you on Medicaid or some other discreet task; the work is to keep your family in play, your life ongoing. :- Doug.
Summons or invitations?
For a business to provide care for a senior runs the risk of warehousing—providing a place for waiting for the final summons. Yet…what if we were elders…and had a calling…and were looking for invitations? :- Doug.
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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Playing with the boundaries
The government in Medicaid and similar programs must play within boundaries; families may play with boundaries. :- Doug.
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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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.