No elder’s family has ever been exactly here
No one has ever been exactly where your family finds itself now, so you’ll have to invent your response. Together.
:- Doug.
Archive for February 11th, 2011
Rhythm and elder caring
Could it be that what we are about in elder caring lawyering is finding a rhythm? I see rhythms: those who are here for Just the facts, sir, or Write me up a trust (staccato); and those who are here as part of a family working out what works best for Mom and Dad and the family (slower, more intricately interwoven, pulsating, Mozart or Bach).
:- Doug.
Why Elder Caring?
Why Elder Caring Lawyering? For me, the word caring shows action and engagement of everyone touched: friends, family, the elder him or herself. Care, on the other hand makes the elder an object of attention, passive recipient: an It. The elder is my client, the one with whom I must maintain as normal a relationship as possible. That means we each give and participate.
:- Doug.
With Alzheimer’s the call
With Alzheimer’s, the call for separation and individualism is gone; our task now is to intertwine the sprouts and roots of family.
:- Doug.
