Category Archives: Healing and Wholeness
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
The art of the continually unfolding possible
In a law suit our lawyer said, “It’s only about the money.” But now as I consider, life is about What’s possible now? Law is the art of the possible. The art of the continually unfolding possible. :- 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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Law at play
We move beyond law as business to law at play. :- Doug.
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Imagine conversing with your family….
Imagine conversing with your family about the things brought up in considering your final chapter. Think of the specific people you’d want to talk with. Who would be easiest to talk with? Where would you be? How would you start? … Continue reading
Beyond death as failure?
How could we, today, here, work to change our cultural view from death as failure, to something wiser and more human? :- 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
A pill for this/A pill for that…
A pill for this A pill for that But no pill to Keep us from Getting fat! :- Doug.
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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
You’re the same age
You’re the same age as your friends going into nursing homes. You know things about them, what they like, jokes they get, what you and they lived through: things their kids—another generation—could never understand. Share those things. Love does. :- … Continue reading
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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