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Helaas worden sommige woorden verkeerd begrepen en daardoor verkeerd gebruikt. Of
dat door sommige mensen bedoeld of onbedoeld wordt gedaan laat ik in het midden,
hier wil ik alleen even de zaken recht zetten.
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>De begrippen &#8216;palliatieve zorg&#8217; en &#8216;mantelzorg&#8217; zijn in
ieder geval taalkundig helemaal gelijk. Het woord &#8216;palliatief&#8217; komt
van het Latijnse woord &#8216;pallium&#8217; wat &#8216;mantel&#8217; betekent.
Dus mantelzorg en palliatieve zorg hebben letterlijke dezelfde betekenis en wat
mij plus betreft ook inhoudelijk.
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Inmiddels krijg ik bijval. Vier universiteiten zeggen over de palliatieve zorg in
Vlaanderen: &#8220;We moeten dringend van het idee af dat het (palliatieve zorg)
alleen om stervensbegeleiding gaat.&#8221; Zij snappen dat. Nou u nog.
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>Vanaf de diagnose &#8216;Dementie&#8217; gebeurt er veel te vaak iets heel
verkeerds. Terwijl jij en je naasten nog worstelen met het verwerken van die
diagnose zetten sommigen, helaas vaak ook zogenaamde professionals, meteen een
schakelaar om: de dementie-schakelaar. Zij denken dat het klopt om dementie als
een <em>binaire</em> zaak te beschouwen; je hebt het of je hebt het niet. Of nog
erger: je <em>bent</em> het (dement) of je <em>bent</em> het niet. Onder deze
simpelheid ligt natuurlijk onwetendheid* maar daar zijn zijzelf het meestal niet
mee eens; zij zijn immers de professionals&#8230;
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>Mijn voorstel is dat we alle zorgsoorten afschaffen en allemaal vervangen voor
één zorg: <strong><em>compassiezorg</em></strong
>. Laat ik het even uitleggen:
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Onlangs kreeg ik een vraag over het verschil tussen empathie en compassie.
Aanleiding was dat Erik Scherder empathie een &#8216;hersenfunctie&#8217; noemt en
zelfs de oorsprong van empathie in de hersenen kan aanwijzen terwijl ik, vanuit de
dualistische stellingname van mijn boek &#8216;Wij zijn ons Hart&#8217;,
medemenselijkheid niet tot een mechanisch proces (lees: een hersenproces) beperk.
De oorspronkelijke vraag grijp ik daarom graag aan om de vraag &#8216;Wat is het
verschil tussen
<em>empathie</em>, <em>sympathie</em> en <em>compassie</em>?&#8217; te
beantwoorden. Want deze drie begrippen zijn geen synoniemen van elkaar: er zijn
wezenlijke verschillen. 
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<p>
Gisteren, op straat in Seoul, de hoofdstad van Zuid-Korea, realiseerde ik me:
&#8220;zo moet dementie dus voelen&#8221;. Laat ik dat even uitleggen.
</p>
<p>
Mijn zoon Dave woont al jaren in Seoul. Twee maanden geleden is hij daar zelfs
getrouwd. Met een Koreaanse. Mijn vrouw Carla, mijn zoon Jeroen en ik waren daar
toen bij. Vorige week verraste Dave me met een uitnodiging om naar hem toe te
komen, nu niet als vader die zijn zoon mag trouwen en als tourist, maar als
buitenlander die (even) in Korea zijn werk doet. Naast het lopende werk kon
ik mijn nieuwe lezing/presentatie &#8220;Dementiewijs™ &#8211; Wat Iedereen Moet
Weten&#8221;<a
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href="/dementiewijs_presentatie.htm"
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>*</a
> op het kantoor waar hij werkt afmaken. Een werk-trip dus. Dus twee dagen later
was ik in Korea. Alleen. Werken!
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Glen Campbell heeft de ziekte van Alzheimer. Zijn laatste lied gaat daarover.
Hieronder zowel mijn vertaling van de tekst van dit prachtige lied als de
uitvoering door Glen Campbell zelf:
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This is the &#8216;letter&#8217; that I read out loud at the wedding ceremony of
Dave and Younhee in Seoul, Korea on september 25, 2014
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<p>annyeong haseyo.</p>
<p>
It is very special for my wife, for my youngest son and for me to be here in Korea
to witness the beginning of the long and happy marriage beween our son Dave and
the lovely Younhee. I have been asked to give some solid advice to my son and to
my new daughter. Fortunately I am very old and therefore I am very wise. So here
is my wise advice.
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>Younhee, my dear new daughter.<br />
We have come to know you a little bit. We like you very much already, you are a
beautifull and lovable young lady. To me you already are a shining sparkle of
happyness and chearfylness in the midst of the seemingly very serious Korean
society, of which we still know so little. My advice to you is to sherish your
ability to laugh at events, at situations and even at life itself. This combined
with the depth of your seriousness that you also possess will give you the two
wings that will enable you to fly.
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Dave, my dear son,<br />
We know the specialness of you all to well. You are an old soul whose wisdom may
even, in time, rival that of your father. From the Dutch society, often associated
only with frivolity, yet came your solemn sense of importance and responability.
My advice to you is to sherish your ability to see the importance in the midst of
superficiality. This, combined with the fresh breath of your frivolity and humor
that you master will give you the two wings that will enable you to fly.
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To both Younhee and Dave. And you all may listen in.<br />
From my own experience with my own marriage of 38 years, and counting, I wish to
share a big secret. The secret is: Love by itself will not do. Respect by itself
will not do. Not even love and respect together will do. Only love, only respect,
based upon true friendschip will do.
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>A friend is, in the words of a famous Dutchman, somebody quiet and sincere who,
when it realy matters, will pray for you or fight for you. A vriend is someone who
laughs and who cries with you. And then, als a wiser man then I once explained,
when two mature persons are true friends and are also in love, one of the greatest
paradoxes of life happens. One of the most beautiful phenomena: they are together
and yet tremendously alone. They are together so much that they are almost one.
But their oneness does not destroy their individuality. In fact, it enhances it:
they become more individual. You help each other to become more free. There is no
power involved, no effort to dominate, no politics. That is just the great secret
of a great marriage. So whatever you do, be eachothers friend before anything
else.<br />
Happy marriage!
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Vorige week hebben we afscheid genomen van mijn moeder. Ze is 90 jaar geworden.
Inmiddels ruim 13 jaar geleden schreef ik een heuse brief aan mijn moeder. Ik
sta nog steeds achter elk woord dat ik toen schreef: 
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Het kleine toespraakje dat ik op dinsdag 26 augustus om 10 uur heb gehouden
tijdens de crematieplechtigheid voor mijn overleden moeder.<br />
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<p>Lieve mensen,</p>
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Aan José heb ik beloofd dat ik het vandaag een beetje luchtig zou houden dus wil
ik het met jullie hebben over de erfenis van mijn moeder.
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Ik bedoel: ik wil graag met jullie delen wat mijn moeder, volgens mij persoonlijk,
in de afgelopen 90 jaar voor verschil heeft gemaakt in mijn, in het leven. Hoe de
vrouw, echtgenote, moeder, dochter, oma, zus, grootmoeder, vriendin; hoe de mens
Dora Tax de wereld een beetje beter en mooier heeft achtergelaten dan toen ze hier
ruim 90 jaar geleden kwam.
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Een van de meest inspirerende TED-talks die ik ooit hoorde/zag. En ja, Brené Brown
spreekt over het Hart, over &#8216;the Wholehearted&#8217;. Hoe dan ook: zeer warm
aanbevolen:
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function doGTranslate(lang_pair) {
if (lang_pair.value) lang_pair = lang_pair.value;
if (lang_pair == "") return;
var lang = lang_pair.split("|")[1];
if (GTranslateGetCurrentLang() == null && lang == lang_pair.split("|")[0]) return;
var teCombo;
var sel = document.getElementsByTagName("select");
for (var i = 0; i < sel.length; i++)
if (/goog-te-combo/.test(sel[i].className)) {
teCombo = sel[i];
break;
}
if (
document.getElementById("google_translate_element2") == null ||
document.getElementById("google_translate_element2").innerHTML.length == 0 ||
teCombo.length == 0 ||
teCombo.innerHTML.length == 0
) {
setTimeout(function () {
doGTranslate(lang_pair);
}, 500);
} else {
teCombo.value = lang;
GTranslateFireEvent(teCombo, "change");
GTranslateFireEvent(teCombo, "change");
}
}
if (GTranslateGetCurrentLang() != null)
jQuery(document).ready(function () {
var lang_html = jQuery("div.switcher div.option")
.find('img[alt="' + GTranslateGetCurrentLang() + '"]')
.parent()
.html();
if (typeof lang_html != "undefined")
jQuery("div.switcher div.selected a").html(lang_html.replace("data-gt-lazy-", ""));
});
</script>
</div>
</body>
</html>