Caregiving and Hospice, January 24 - January 30, 2016

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

Doesn't Hospice Really Kill People? http://j.mp/1Vxhi2c « HuffPost 50

A Moment of Death Guide, http://j.mp/1NAAl5T « Barbara Karnes, RN

“The Music of My Life”: A Life Review Through Music, http://j.mp/204IKLD « National Hospice Foundation

Understanding and Managing Grief, January 24 - January 30, 2016

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

8 Things To Remember When Everything Is Going Wrong, http://j.mp/1nv7dYy « Medical Health News

'Shouldn't You Be Over That by Now?' How to Respond to Judgment on Your Grieving Process http://j.mp/1KI5TH7 « HuffPost Healthy Living

Crazy with Grief, http://j.mp/1Kb7ESc « What to Say When Someone Dies

Coping with Pet Loss, January 24 - January 30, 2016

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

Helping People After an Animal Companion Dies, http://j.mp/1SaWQ9X « GriefPerspectives

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Voices of Experience: The Weight of Things Un-named (on Where to Go with the Heavy Things)

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by Joel McKerrow

When nothing makes sense anymore I turn to the ocean and to the river. I have found that grief is a grindstone and so is the ocean.

My friend had twins in 2015, one of them drastically sick. She has spent most of his five months with him in hospital. On New Year’s day he stopped breathing. The ambulance came, rushed him again to the hospital. I do not know what will happen with the little boy. Neither does she. What a way to start the new year. She told me that it is, “hard to know where to go with these experiences”. I wholeheartedly agreed. No words.

Caregiving and Hospice, January 17 - January 23, 2016

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

When the Body Says No -- Caring for ourselves while caring for others, http://j.mp/1QpEsbm « YouTube

Please, Ask Me a Question, http://j.mp/23jth9m « The Unprepared Caregiver

5 things you should know about Medicare's new end-of-life discussions, http://j.mp/1PJcyT4 « PBS NewsHour

Understanding and Managing Grief, January 17 - January 23, 2016

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

'You are not here, and I miss you...Still,' http://j.mp/1Qq6Av3 « Soaring Spirits International

David Bowie and the Rise of the Grief Police, http://j.mp/1QpBzaP « The Atlantic

Seven Steps to Decuttering Your Grief: The Spark Joy Approach, http://j.mp/1Qhc3CC « Open to Hope

Pet Loss: Deciding When to Bury The Body

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[Reviewed and updated October 23, 2017]

Even out of unspeakable grief, beautiful things take wing. ~ A.R. Torres

A reader writes: I hope you don't mind if I vent to you, since I feel so very safe in your caring heart, and I'm just falling apart here lately, so need that professional and personal understanding only someone like you can give.

I’ve just returned from a two-week trip with my dear husband, who went all-out in planning our get-away, knowing how down I was about the death of [my cat]. I'd hoped this trip would somewhat rejuvinate me before I had to plan for the first anniversary of her death, and likely burial on the same day. But I'm finding I'm still not feeling at all ready to give up her body, even now.

Caregiving and Hospice, January 10 - January 16, 2016

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

Physician-assisted suicide is not a failure of palliative care, http://j.mp/1OowLQn « Canadian Family Physician

Navigating Hospice Care with a Reluctant Caregiver, http://j.mp/1P5kUdu « Pallimed

My Right to Die: Assisted Suicide, My Family, and Me, http://j.mp/1OTEwzf « Mother Jones

Understanding and Managing Grief, January 10 - January 16, 2016

Thanks to my colleagues for these
Kudos for Grief Healing on Social Media This Week:

Twitter: "9 Best Twitter Feeds for Grief and Loss," http://j.mp/1PtIKd4 « Walker Funeral Home, @WalkerCares

Grief Healing Blog: "A vote for the fantastic site Grief Healing as Best Health Blog!" http://j.mp/1JVkEbn « ADEC Headquarters ‏@ADECnews

Facebook: #FollowFriday @2healthylife @GriefHealing @ElaineMansfiel7 for being top influencers in my community this week :) « @BarbaraKarnesRN

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

Coping with Pet Loss, January 10 - January 16, 2016

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

Pets and Grief, http://j.mp/1SVt0F9 « Widower's Grief

What to Know About Hospice and Palliative Care for Ailing Pets, http://j.mp/1Rq7FnZ « VetStreet

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In Grief: Lesbian Widow Finds No Support In Group

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[Reviewed and updated March 12, 2018]

A reader writes: My heart is breaking. My partner died some time ago and it feels like it was yesterday. I have had some very bad news about my health and I think I have been needing my partner to be here now. I just feel my heart can bear no more. My soul feels empty without her. I feel so different and it is so hard. I need to find other lesbians who have lost their spouse.
I tried out a grief support group yesterday and it was painfully hard. During the introductory "check in," one member who was just after me actually said she would not be able to continue if I was allowed to stay in the group. She said lesbianism is a sin.

Caregiving and Hospice, January 3 - January 9, 2016

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

At the end of life, medicine truly becomes an art, http://j.mp/1TJXc4h « Kevin MD

Baby Boomers' Last Revolution Will Be Changing the Way We Die, Part 1,  http://j.mp/1ONWtkr « HuffPost Healthy Living

Forcing Fluids At End Of Life, http://j.mp/1IRssxN « Barbara Karnes Books, Inc.

Understanding and Managing Grief, January 3 - January 9, 2016

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

Re-Imagining Grief: When Family and Culture Offer No Help, http://j.mp/1mJRDIr « Open to Hope

Mother Loss: What Death Taught Me, http://j.mp/1JwF3ql « HuffPost GPS for the Soul

Ongoing Relationships With Those Who Have Died, http://j.mp/1Rc4wYG « What's Your Grief?

A Wish For The New Year

Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.  ~ Jill Jackson / Mark Miller

As we enter the first days of another new year, I share with all of you the thoughtful and wise message offered by Healing Doc Carl Hammerschlag, MD, in his weekly Schlagbyte on December 27, 2015:

The Light at Years End

I join with my favorite psychiatrist in wishing everyone "peace and continued growth as you walk in beauty in the healing light of love."

Your feedback is welcome! Please feel free to leave a comment or a question, or share a tip, a related article or a resource of your own in the Comments section below.
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Related Articles and Resources:

• Webcast: New Year's Resolution: Dealing with Anger
• Make A New Year's Resolution to Lean Into Grief
• A New Year Without Your Loved One
• Leaving Your Loved One in 2015: Time Marches On
• New Year After Death
• New Year’s Resolutions for The Bereaved
• New Year Resolutions in Caregiving and Bereavement

© by Marty Tousley, RN, MS, FT, DCC

Caregiving and Hospice, December 27 - January 2, 2016

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

Songs of Transition, http://j.mp/1mTCyEm « The New York Times

Protecting Yourself…From the Future, http://j.mp/22yTTTs « The Unprepared Caregiver

Families caring for families, http://j.mp/1OqSCU3 « GeriPal

Understanding and Managing Grief, December 27 - January 2, 2016

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

Powerful: What do grown children owe abusive parents? http://j.mp/1YWAzjZ « Slate

Coping with New Years Eve Blues, http://j.mp/1mt2eHl « What's Your Grief?

Helping Your Parents Deal with Loss, http://j.mp/1Or64Y8 « Hospice of the Red River Valley

Coping with Pet Loss, December 27 - January 2, 2016

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

The Worst Things to Say to a Grieving Pet Owner, http://j.mp/1P29QYw « About.com

Hallucinations and Grief, http://j.mp/1SjdhPU « On Being

Saying Goodbye to Gari, http://j.mp/1MBYd8O « Embrace Transition

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