tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post7613779548316601510..comments2024-03-24T23:13:15.572-07:00Comments on Mind Deep: Who's Got the Power?Marguerite Manteau-Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-26790425087988934892011-03-19T21:36:07.570-07:002011-03-19T21:36:07.570-07:00Thank you so much Andy, for reaching out. I would ...Thank you so much Andy, for reaching out. I would love to learn more about your work in the UK. Is your video available to the public?Marguerite Manteau-Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-9568464197409427952011-03-19T15:45:26.126-07:002011-03-19T15:45:26.126-07:00Thankyou for the gift of this mindful witnessing a...Thankyou for the gift of this mindful witnessing and for sharing your own emotional path with us. My own path was blessed by a childhood in an environment with and for folks with dementia. My mother is a kindness role model - recently one of the people she cares for told her that their deepest wish is to die in her arms. I am working with care giving teams here in the uk around the cultivation of mindfulness and compassion....stephen post is supporting us which is lovely for us...<br /><br />Here i am (mindful)<br />Caring deeply for my 'self' (self compassion)<br />So i can care for others (engaged compassion)<br /><br />there is a film called 'knowing you matter'we have produced in which the voices of elders in care homes call the care givers to slow down, tune in, live in awareness - be together with care givers offering a quiet presence.<br /><br />we are bringing people together to 'think differently about dementia' -the themes are around gifts of nature, music, joy, compassion, family life and non seeking mind.<br /><br />i send you my love and peace and optimism for a better more whole way of being in relation to dementia.<br /><br />Andy <br />Brighton, ukAndy Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368202370456434438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-36498974607385683902011-02-23T06:45:27.233-08:002011-02-23T06:45:27.233-08:00Well seen, Mom!
Thank you for your act of witnes...Well seen, Mom! <br /><br />Thank you for your act of witnessing. The more such accounts, the more the world will take note, and be moved to act.Marguerite Manteau-Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-70632403483430054962011-02-22T23:44:36.844-08:002011-02-22T23:44:36.844-08:00From Mom,
Those are close to my observations as we...From Mom,<br />Those are close to my observations as well. They have to wake everyone up at six to get them ready to eat at eight. Once they are up and dressed, there it is... until five o'clock dinner. After dinner it is bed time. <br />In between are showers once a week, and sitting in dirty pants until someone changes you. My parents and myself saw enough of it ...that we don't and they didn't want to be there.Was Oncehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15787588883235992471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-21422114693168552232011-02-22T12:05:11.675-08:002011-02-22T12:05:11.675-08:00Oh! I am so sorry your mother had to go through su...Oh! I am so sorry your mother had to go through such an experience. Money over heart, and unskillfulness also are to blame. <br /><br />And yes, time to become advocates of change. Starting small, wherever we are.Marguerite Manteau-Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956537059369707663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166459572149699816.post-51393795409574361292011-02-21T22:33:20.542-08:002011-02-21T22:33:20.542-08:00As long as there is money involved more than heart...As long as there is money involved more than heart it will always be like this. Lately, my Mom put an euthanasia cause in Health Care Directive after watching what was happening with her husband's former mother-in-law. She saw care facilities loving the $6000 a month, yet my mother bought the depends and was treated with scorn visiting her. Time for universal health care.Was Oncehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15787588883235992471noreply@blogger.com