Caregiving and Hospice, October 23 - October 29, 2011

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

• Denise Brown on generating a national data base for caregiving, http://j.mp/w4Bj1D via @caregiving

• Why Choose A Hospice Care Program? http://bit.ly/txe9ih via @SanDiegoHospice and @SolariHospice

• Jesse Hinton's Testimonial for Hospice and Palliative Care Center, http://ow.ly/7cnEg via @HospiceCareCntr

• Support of the Fur Family in Caregiving, http://lnkd.in/bsyySu via @RealmQuests

• Promise and pitfalls of palliative care, http://lat.ms/mUeprR

• Adult day care great option for many elders, http://bit.ly/tYyUaZ via @AgingWell_

• Analysis: Best ways to financially support aging parents, http://ow.ly/7aMbU via @elderlawnewyork

• Coping with outsiders critical of your caregiving choices, http://bit.ly/sPdHMC @eldercarelink1 via @mindingourelder

• Choosing the right hospital for your care, http://tinyurl.com/3z3pgbj via @caracappa

• Aggressive treatment at the end of life: We can, but should we? http://j.mp/szmGSn

• Hospice and Caregiving Blog: The Love in Hospice, http://bit.ly/sPpsZn
   
• Widowed Community Conference: October 28-30, 2011 in Tempe AZ, http://j.mp/vpYkF8

• Second Annual Afterlife Awareness Conference: March 9-11, 2012, http://j.mp/mRCdgo

• Would You Tell Your Friends That You’re Dying? http://bit.ly/sIeJD6 by @friendgrief

• BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO ASKING FOR HELP, http://bit.ly/tJRbYD by @kellidunham

• Enhancing hospice with complementary therapy, http://ow.ly/797PM via @ctffox

• 11 Ways to Help a Loved One in Denial, http://j.mp/tN3Sfx

• Family Advisor: Mom balks at moving closer, http://j.mp/uo5iht

• Healing Power of Helping Others, bit.ly/sO4VWo via @ActiveForever by @WebMD

• The Gallery: helpful, informative video and audio clips, http://ow.ly/78rCj by @VirtualHospice

• Choosing the Right Setting for your Loved One, http://bit.ly/tnmEa2 via @HRRV

• Palliative Care 'More than Hand-Holding,' bit.ly/t6GMBp via @daitpcg by @MassGeneralNews

• Spotlight on Pain in Oct 2011 eNews, http://j.mp/scCWgW via @VirtualHospice

• Hospice of the Valley seeks volunteers for pet therapy, http://bit.ly/t4x2nV via @hospice_news

• Video: How palliative care team helps patients, families, http://bit.ly/nOzS8i via @LDMatters and @SWHPN

• Lovely idea: donating wedding flowers to hospice patients with #PetalsForPatients, http://tinyurl.com/3ufjj6q via @HorizonHCH

• Award-winning video describes hospice from patient's viewpoint, http://bit.ly/nJb0tO via @jfclearywisc @daitpcg

Let these hospice volunteers inspire you to get involved too! http://www.caringinfo.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3502 via @brandimilloy @TorreyJDeVitto