Comments for Circle of Life http://circleoflifeco-op.com A Caregiver Cooperative Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:21:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Alice’s Reading – How to Say It to Seniors by Judith http://circleoflifeco-op.com/alice%e2%80%99s-reading-how-to-say-it-to-seniors/#comment-93 Judith Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:21:32 +0000 http://circleoflifeco-op.com/?p=162#comment-93 Hmmm, I'll keep my eyes open for that book. BUT, I am a senior so it's a senior talking to a senior...even though our clients are more senior than myself. Hmmm, I’ll keep my eyes open for that book. BUT, I am a senior so it’s a senior talking to a senior…even though our clients are more senior than myself.

]]> Comment on My First Encounter with Dementia by Deborah http://circleoflifeco-op.com/first-encounter-with-dementia/#comment-59 Deborah Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:48:00 +0000 http://circleoflifeco-op.com/?p=115#comment-59 Families of people with dementia need support! Sometimes it is so hard to see their loved one's personality change, to see their confusion and not know what to do. I can see that professional caregivers need to have an abundance of patience. Thank you for the work you do! Families of people with dementia need support! Sometimes it is so hard to see their loved one’s personality change, to see their confusion and not know what to do. I can see that professional caregivers need to have an abundance of patience. Thank you for the work you do!

]]> Comment on The Mean Beaver by Judith http://circleoflifeco-op.com/the-mean-beaver/#comment-47 Judith Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:48:34 +0000 http://circleoflifeco-op.com/?p=129#comment-47 One thing I know for sure is that if I just keep up the communication, maybe I'll get a brief spark or phrase if I happen to babble something familiar. Heck, sometimes, some non verbal elder will speak! And, of course, there are those that want to just hit me....occasionally, it's scary. I just smile and keep up my end (and sometimes theirs) of the conversation. We can still love creatures that are not 'cute', human or otherwise. I volunteer to feed some feral cat communities once a week. We fix 'em so it is unusual for a kitten to show up. Our furry friends are a dirty, matted bunch and not at all cuddly. Yet, I love them and miss them when I'm not greeted. They are sweet in their own way. I'd like to think there's some gentleness in all of nature....I could be wrong. One thing I know for sure is that if I just keep up the communication, maybe I’ll get a brief spark or phrase if I happen to babble something familiar.
Heck, sometimes, some non verbal elder will speak!

And, of course, there are those that want to just hit me….occasionally, it’s scary. I just smile and keep up my end (and sometimes theirs) of the conversation.

We can still love creatures that are not ‘cute’, human or otherwise.

I volunteer to feed some feral cat communities once a week.
We fix ‘em so it is unusual for a kitten to show up. Our furry friends are a dirty, matted bunch and not at all cuddly.
Yet, I love them and miss them when I’m not greeted.
They are sweet in their own way.

I’d like to think there’s some gentleness in all of nature….I could be wrong.

]]> Comment on Heart Song People – the “A” word by Judith http://circleoflifeco-op.com/heart-song-people-the-a-word/#comment-34 Judith Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:16:41 +0000 http://circleoflifeco-op.com/?p=123#comment-34 Oh my, Turtle. This brings back so many memories....I know so much more about dementia now but still know nothing! I think the greater percent of our patients are diagnosed w end stage dementia. Memory care facilities are popping up like weeds. Hmmm, much more to think about and wondering what more to do to keep my own brain cells since I just turned 60!! Oh my, Turtle. This brings back so many memories….I know so much more about dementia now but still know nothing! I think the greater percent of our patients are diagnosed w end stage dementia. Memory care facilities are popping up like weeds. Hmmm, much more to think about and wondering what more to do to keep my own brain cells since I just turned 60!!

]]> Comment on Heart Song People – the “A” word by Alice http://circleoflifeco-op.com/heart-song-people-the-a-word/#comment-25 Alice Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:24:53 +0000 http://circleoflifeco-op.com/?p=123#comment-25 I am commenting now on my own blog, to ask Is anyone reading this besides the people trying to leverage their own internet sites with vague often ungrammatical praise? I keep deleting those comments watching for someone real to surface. Alice I am commenting now on my own blog, to ask Is anyone reading this besides the people trying to leverage their own internet sites with vague often ungrammatical praise? I keep deleting those comments watching for someone real to surface. Alice

]]> Comment on Wheel of Life Blog, by Alice Turtle Robb by Judith http://circleoflifeco-op.com/wheel-of-life/#comment-2 Judith Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:54:57 +0000 http://circleoflifeco-op.com/?p=39#comment-2 This is exciting! And a novel? I can't wait. As you know, I'm a big fan. Wish I could reread the first one, although, I will never forget the story.....so good. This is exciting! And a novel? I can’t wait. As you know, I’m a big fan. Wish I could reread the first one, although, I will never forget the story…..so good.

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