Out of fear some people do not want to have the conversation about care of Mother or Father at end of life. What is the antidote to fear? Love. How can love step in? Firmly? Some other way? What would … Continue reading →

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Given Mom’s dementia or decline….

Posted on April 24, 2012 by dgermann

Given this—Dad’s dementia or Mom’s decline—how can we fit together, now? What are our special gifts, needs, fears and visions, and what’s possible with us? :- Doug.

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Indiana Premier: Last Will & Embezzlement

Posted on April 23, 2012 by dgermann

Friends– Come out and see, without cost, the Indiana premier of the documentary (featuring Mickey Rooney), “Last Will and Embezzlement.” Wednesday evening, May 30, 2012, at the O’Laughlin Auditorium at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN. Doors open 6:00 pm, … Continue reading →

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Have you ever met anyone…?

Posted on April 19, 2012 by dgermann

Have you ever met anyone else whose work is elder conversations? These conversations run the range from how to live well within the budget and family we have, to how to live the last chapter of our lives. They often … Continue reading →

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When someone is dying….

Posted on April 13, 2012 by dgermann

When someone is dying the rules of living change. How they see life, how we see each other, how we see our roles with the dying person and the rest of the family—all these change. But they can change for … Continue reading →

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Curing, healing, dementia, play

Posted on April 12, 2012 by dgermann

Though I cannot cure you, I can help heal you, restore you to play. Can those with dementia play? Do we have the love to play with them? To learn from them? :- Doug.

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Family Council: something begins

Posted on April 11, 2012 by dgermann

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.

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Can disabled elders have a good life?

Posted on April 10, 2012 by dgermann

Here is a post about research that answers this question Yes. Please read it. http://www.geripal.org/2012/04/many-disabled-seniors-have-good-quality.html :- Doug.

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Alzheimer’s: modern Magellans?

Posted on April 10, 2012 by dgermann

“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 →

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Our story has no end

Posted on April 9, 2012 by dgermann

It is true that our story reaches out and touches others, touches the stories of our ancestors and descendants, touches and mingles with the story of our family and tribe for years, maybe eons. :- Doug.

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A tale true to life

Posted on April 8, 2012 by dgermann

Here is a tale true to life: A boy sets out on a road. Life offers not end, so this story has no end. Sometimes there is opposition, sometimes not. Life is open. A life might end, but life goes … Continue reading →

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Endings are beginnings

Posted on April 7, 2012 by dgermann

Endings are beginnings :- Doug.

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Even in our last days

Posted on April 6, 2012 by dgermann

There are many parts to the human. Let’s take for instance head, hand and heart. All tire at different rates. The longer our view, the more that is possible to us. The more we see, the more we see. Our … Continue reading →

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