Caregiving and Hospice, September 19 - September 25

Best selections from Grief Healing's Twitter stream this week:

• HFA's Hospice and Caregiving Blog highlights Pain Awareness Month, http://bit.ly/cdcQre

• Medical social worker offers tips on taking control of your grief experience, http://bit.ly/bgNaYF via @SanDiegoHospice

• A compelling discussion about caregiving with @ElderCareRN, http://bit.ly/9kG2w2 via @caregiving

• How to ask your boss to work flextime, http://ow.ly/2JoaT - Great post for caregivers, via @AgeWiseLiving @CNNMoney

• Ruff treatment: Therapy Dogs Help Hospice Patients, http://bit.ly/cXnqMV via @hospicepharmacy

• Marginal treatments come at a high emotional cost from families, http://bit.ly/cxVY80 via KevinMD.com

• Aging: The Eyes Are the First to Go! by Barbara Friesner, http://bit.ly/ad0xo8

• One Failing of POLST is the notion that "Full Treatment" is Needed for All Patients, http://bit.ly/9jUZtM via GeriPal

• Widow's Voice: A must-read before visiting or calling a grieving family, http://bit.ly/cQkMLy via @soaringspirits @thegrieflady

• Healing power, benefits of having an animal companion http://tinyurl.com/ydhnj6q via @peternity

• New book by geriatrics specialist: Treat Me, Not My Age, http://nyti.ms/97A3RJ via @ElderCareRN @Caregiving

• Healthcare providers need more training to "Achieve a Good Death for All," http://bit.ly/apODyW

• On Humanizing Medicine: Nothing imparts humility better than real life, http://bit.ly/d9AGyl

• Treating cancer needs to be an individual patient decision, http://ow.ly/2HlLC via @kevinmd

• Can you enrich your life by remembering your death? http://bit.ly/dggktl via @OneLifeTherapy

• Eldercare and Family Conferences, http://ow.ly/2Hqd2 via @AgeWiseLiving @Carebuzz

• Helping family members with denial, http://bit.ly/dnB0tQ from @AgeWiseLiving via @SanDiegoHospice

• "World Progress Report" with Joan Lunden highlights Hospice Care, http://ow.ly/2GBab via @hospicedave

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