Caregiving and Hospice, December 11 - December 17, 2011

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

• Clever! Work with Santa to turn generic offers of help into reality, http://bit.ly/s6WFny via @caregiverblog
  
  
• Plain Speaking at the End of Life, http://ow.ly/80yYf from @ContinuumHCH via @villagememorial
  
  
• Clearing up a few more common hospice myths, http://j.mp/tDwxtm via @SolariHospice
  
  
• Don’t Let Death Panel Debate Kill Better Way to Die, http://bloom.bg/tfUlfE by @ezraklein via @hospicepharmacy
  
  
• Senior Massage Therapy: "Thriving through touch," trib.in/vGxPyw via @Hospicecny
  
  
• How hospice helped to care for a man's wife and support his family, http://bit.ly/v8LNns via @MDelaCalzada
• Surprising study on end-of-life care, http://wapo.st/u2TCet via@NHPCO_news
  
  
• Pets and Hospice Care: The Warmth of Touch, bit.ly/tPpNkM from @Audrey_DOrazio via @hospice_news
  
  
• Hospice nurse named Caregiver of the Year, bit.ly/sGWumm via @hospice_news
  
  
• Gift of Time - Holidays with a Dying Loved One, http://j.mp/rxn1on via @JudithHaynes
  
  
• 11 New Years Goals that Caregivers Can Achieve, http://zite.to/vGSv5A via @Hospicecny via @zite
  
  
• Book Review: The Caregiving Wife's Handbook, http://bit.ly/ryKWA3 via @cslewispr and @HunterHouse
  
  
• Podcast: Hospice MD shares life lessons learned from the dying, bit.ly/vVnxWj via @hospice_mktg
  
  
• Pets bring comfort, healing to those in need, on.sctimes.com/tOixSS via @SolariHospice
  
  
• Physician's bedside manner matters in hospice and palliative caregiving, http://youtu.be/iETY3z559jU via @hospiceman
  
  
• Hospice is for children, too! youtu.be/SuIxgrY93W0 by @AliveHospice via@NHPCO_news and @AliveHospice
  
  
• My Family Is Falling Apart in Caregiving, http://bit.ly/t3pkWD from @LeezaGibbons via @minnierosegray and @Caring
  
  
• More than words are needed at the end of life, http://bit.ly/swEeXd by @stangoldberg