Caregiving and Hospice, November 20 - November 26, 2011

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

• Hospice and palliative care from professional journalist and widow's perspective, bit.ly/mUQJZk via @Robert_Fried

• Proactive Caregiving during the Holidays, http://bit.ly/v0ClFv via @SueSalach 

• Inside Chronic Illness, http://bit.ly/sJw1Qn by @stangoldberg 

• Engage with Grace, 2011, http://bit.ly/rKBGP8 

• Caregivers: We're not Mother Teresa, http://bit.ly/tZecjW by @stangoldberg

• 6 Things I’ll Never Do Again While Traveling with an Elder, http://bit.ly/rNlsSn by @ShelleyWebbRN

• Spirituality, Faith and Dying, a film on life before death, http://ow.ly/7CVjY via @ContinuumHCH 

• Thankful for hospice care, http://bit.ly/sWnvOc via @hospice_news

• Please vote for hospice volunteer & 'Senior Star'Jane Conrow, http://bit.ly/sO21uG [She deserves it!]

• 6 Mindful Ways to Minimize Holiday Stress, http://bit.ly/w3XnyM

• Challenges of Family Caregiving: Forum w/ who's who of caregiving authors on 12/1; RSVP, http://aarp.us/sKf77I via @AARP 

• Death doula listens to final wishes, brings peace to the dying, ow.ly/7Bdvn via @VillageMemorial

• Outstanding testimonial! MD-daughter 's personal experience with hospice, by @CommunityHCH http://bit.ly/rx5NFz 

• New book: Hospice Tails, on role of pets in hospice care, by @womenonwriting 

• Friday, Nov. 25 is National Day of Listening, http://j.mp/vvrzMe 

• Will You Choose Acceptance Or Resistance In Mourning The Death Of Your Loved One? http://bit.ly/uQOZ1U 

• Lovely! Food as a bonding tool in caregiving: Pecan Balls with Mom, http://ow.ly/7B4Km via @CaregiversCook 

• Legal advice for caregiving in the community, http://aarp.us/vBtiQU via @AARPFamily 

• Six Tips for Bathing An Elder, http://tinyurl.com/6qdmha2 via @HorizonHCH 

• Timely Tips: Staying Connected During the Holidays, http://ow.ly/7AAtN via @ElderLawGeorgia 

• Tips for physicians on talking to patients about hospice, http://youtu.be/G3IHbE2uYII via@CommunityHCH 

• Earlier referral to hospice eases anxiety, http://bit.ly/t6RycC via @JenMarsh2 

• Hospice staff walks in the shoes of their patients, bit.ly/vcaFIR via @hospicepharmacy 

• Culturally competent care eases end of life for patients, family, http://bit.ly/veSTqs via @hospicepharmacy 

• Powerful piece: Amid ill and dying inmates, a search for redemption, http://lat.ms/uurlrN via @JenMarsh2 

• Take help from hospice when it's needed, http://tbo.ly/vkQcQD via @JenMarsh2 

• Hospice ceremony celebrates lives of those lost, http://bit.ly/s9Z9wq 

• Five Wishes...what a great resource! http://lnkd.in/iM9pDf via @ChelseaHanson