November 2017 – Family Lives

Monthly Archives: November 2017

For those whose ’emptiness’ cannot be filled by human services, the most obvious ‘need’ is the opportunity to express and share their gifts, skills, capacities, and abilities with friends, neighbors, and…citizens in the community. – JOHN MCKNIGHT
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When in doubt about what to do, a gentle caregiver looks at any question or situation from this perspective – ‘What will help the person feel safe and loved at this very moment?’ – JOHN MCGEE
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Support, not supplant, the natural home. – GUNNAR DYBWAD
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[I]mprisonment and segregation can be made more comfortable, but they can never be made into freedom or participation. – BURTON BLATT
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