Caregiving, Hospice & Grief, November 8 - November 14, 2020

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

The National Hospice & Palliative Organization (NHPCO) in 2021 will launch a new large-scale initiative designed to help providers systematically assess and improve the quality of care they provide.  NHPCO Launches Quality Connections Program « Hospice News 

Caregiving and Hospice, October 29 - November 4, 2017

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

November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month! Let's celebrate the wonderful end of life care that hospice and palliative care can give! http://j.mp/2h1Mx9M « Hospice Action Network

Defining Dignity at End of Life: One Question to Ask Hospice Patients, http://j.mp/2iwEWR4 « Pallimed

Linda Campanella: Why Are We in Denial about Death? http://j.mp/1nMTc7u « Pittsburgh Better Times

Caregiving and Hospice, October 1 - October 7, 2017

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

NHPCO Report: Hospice patients with short period of service continues to be a concern, http://j.mp/2fQeCjQ « Markets Insider

Book Review: "Life After the Diagnosis" by Dr. Steven Z. Pantilat, http://j.mp/2fO9TyY « Seven Ponds Blog

Stunning Poem on Living with Depression: "Having It Out with Melancholy," http://j.mp/2hHjsE7 « Brain Pickings

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Understanding and Managing Grief, June 12 - June 18, 2016

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

Running from Dad’s Death,  http://j.mp/1INFg4l « Open to Hope

What the Term “Fatherless Daughter” Means To Me, http://j.mp/1XZzFCq « Maria Shriver

Why I'm Jealous of Grieving People, http://j.mp/1W3Q2Mb « Modern Loss

Caregiving and Hospice, November 30 - December 6, 2014

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

Doctors Tell All—and It’s Bad, http://j.mp/1rYEgWB « The Atlantic

As Palliative Care’s Importance Grows, UCSF Nursing Expands Training, http://j.mp/1z5zkQj « UCSF

A New Way to Love: Spouses Become Caregivers as Alzheimer's Progresses, http://j.mp/1yUwaxQ « Deseret News

Caregiving and Hospice, October 26 - November 1, 2014

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

Why Hospice Social Workers Should Assess Pain, http://j.mp/10I388J « Pallimed

The Right—and Right Time—to Die: How Doctors Should Help, http://j.mp/1FVeiHf « TIME

Don't just do something, stand there... why it's too soon for talk of physician aid in dying, http://j.mp/1sE7zXI « GeriPal

Caregiving and Hospice, May 4 - May 10, 2014

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

Celebrating GeriPal Nurse Scientists During National Nurses Week  http://j.mp/1iBvXEx « GeriPal

The Truth About Hope, http://j.mp/1majCwT  The Unprepared Caregiver

The Day I Started Lying to Ruth: Cancer Doctor Peter Bach on Losing His Wife to Cancer, http://j.mp/Qi1GDX « New York Magazine

Caregiving and Hospice, August 4 - August 10, 2013

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

Understanding Pain for Improved Quality of Life, a new tip sheet available from Caring Connections, http://j.mp/11SffNt  « NHPCO

Top 10 Things Palliative Care Clinicians Wished Everyone Knew About Palliative Care, http://j.mp/16zSk9r « Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Lovely! Resting in peace for hospice caregivers and patients, http://j.mp/19SdODC « Caring with Confidence

A New Approach to Finding Help For Family Caregivers, http://j.mp/19gHknc « Caregiving Cafe Blog

Tips for Picking a Healthcare Power of Attorney to Protect End of Life Wishes, http://j.mp/1bbM4aN « Senior Care Corner

Caregiving and Hospice, June 2 - June 8, 2013

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

Cases: What Do I Say To My Kids? http://j.mp/14J79E9 « Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog

8 Great Tips For Long-Distance Caregiving, http://fb.me/1Lk09NFcz « Huffington Post

Important! The Balancing Act: Retirement Savings, College Funding and Caregiving, http://ow.ly/lONha « A Place for Mom

Hospice isn't for "when nothing can be done;" it IS the something that can be done, http://bit.ly/11wKHQB « The Bowie Blade-News

LIVE Without Pain http://j.mp/GGtiJY « Caring Connections - NHPCO

Caregiving and Hospice, April 14 - April 20, 2013

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

Positioning with pillows as a comfort in hospice caregiving, http://j.mp/11qKYko « Caring with Confidence

A hospice volunteer who happens to be a dog named Rosie, http://ow.ly/kbUIy « Miami Herald

LIFE'S END: Hospice care more available than thought http://bit.ly/11fqg6X « Missoulian

NHPCO and NFDA Announce a New Collaboration, http://bit.ly/15hjX9B « PRWeb

How Do You Describe Hospice, and When Do You Suggest It? http://j.mp/YxmDsC « ONS Connect

Caregiving and Hospice, March 10 - March 16, 2013

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

Helpful! 19 Free Services for Seniors, Caregivers, http://j.mp/13ZS997 via @Distinctivept

How Mom’s Death Changed My Thinking About End-of-Life Care,  http://j.mp/XQkVWn « ProPublica

This Weekend, USA Today Includes a Caregiving Supplement, http://j.mp/Wv0cGE « Caregiving.com

The fine balance between hope and cope in cancer patients, http://j.mp/ZHWffh

Give patients end-of-life options says NHPCO board member Joan Teno MD, http://CNN.com via NHPCO_news

Caregiving and Hospice, December 23 - December 29, 2012

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

Former CEO, now a hospice volunteer, learns the value of living in the present, http://j.mp/TuwaAd from @DailyProgress via @SolariHospice

Helpful resource: Hospice terms defined, http://j.mp/YRArT8 via @SolariHospice

10 Practical Tasks for Those Facing Terminal Illness, http://bit.ly/Vh55PE via @NationalHME

A Caregiver’s Christmas Wish List, http://j.mp/TKWeuc by @AARP via @SrCareCorner

NHPCO's Don Schumacher talks about hospice and advance directives on RadioMD, http://j.mp/UyOk5T

Caregiving and Hospice, October 28 - November 3, 2012

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

• How to Reach Out During National Family Caregivers Month, http://bit.ly/SC0oRX @Caring via @VoiceQuilt
  
  
• Patient with difficulty swallowing pills? Check out these tips, http://j.mp/QbRUTa via @MedStarVNA
  
  
• Comfort. Love. Respect. Hospice Month Proclamation, http://j.mp/PLMH4o « National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
  
  
• "Not eating at the end of life is a normal part of the dying process.We have forgotten that," http://bit.ly/QYWQHT
  
  
• Beautiful! "We don’t die inhaling…" about leaving this life, http://j.mp/Psamp6 by hospice nurse @AmyGetter

Caregiving and Hospice, September 23 - September 29, 2012

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

• Empowering article! "[It's] time to educate ourselves about caregiving," http://bit.ly/SIrdFK from @caregivingcafe via @CaregiverSN

• In this outstanding and comprehensive interview, NHPCO's Kathy Brandt discusses everything you ever wanted to know about end of life planning, hospice and palliative care, http://fb.me/1zNPjHQ4u

• Countdown to this year's World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, Saturday, October 13. How are you celebrating? http://j.mp/PN5zfO

• How technology can help you manage Caregiving: Favorite picks, http://bit.ly/Sdzxb9 via @CaregiverSN

• Video on End Of Life Care: The Difficult (And Neglected) Conversation, http://huff.to/SoNmmt via @ALSAssistiveTec

Caregiving and Hospice, April 29 - May 5, 2012

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

• No Kids, Who Cares? Support group for childless adult caregivers, http://aarp.us/IVeJXG via @PLKCoffeeTalk
  
  
• Two Relationships in One http://ow.ly/aFgaf from @TheBowTieGuyvia @Pathways4Aging
  
  
• A Life of Service: On Tuesday, May 8 a wonderful free teleconference for hospice staff, http://j.mp/K7kdfj  via  @hospicejourney
  
  
• Bibliography for Music Therapy in Hospice Palliative Care, http://bit.ly/KvV36K by @VirtualHospice
  
  
• Cat Practice Develops Hospice Program for Aging Felines, http://bit.ly/L4F05o from @equestrianangel via @hospice_news
  
  
• Hospice Therapy Dog 'Spirit', Once Abused, Eases Pain for Sick, Dying, http://abcn.ws/IAkOGM via  @hospicepharmacy
  
  
• Reaffirming Hospice Campaign - The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, http://j.mp/K7eKVL
  
  
• Her cat's presence brings love, comfort to woman dying in hospital, http://j.mp/K7Qdjy via @David_McElroy
  
  
• Survey reveals "startling findings" about what dying see, hear in final hours, http://goo.gl/PYB7d by @DyingMatters
  
  
• We are all healers, all in need of healing, http://j.mp/IrfiCx via @Gilchrist_News
• Dear Abby recommends hospice and offers NHPCO as resource, @RainbowHospice via @NHPCO_news
  
  
• To survive with cancer, you need to accept that you are going to die, http://j.mp/yc1EHF
  
  
• Must read: Terminal breast cancer leads woman to pick palliative care instead of aggressive therapy, http://j.mp/Iyvhkq
  
  
• Making caregiver respite last once we're back in the throes of caregiving, http://ow.ly/aDqSD by @AmyGoyer via @AARPfamily
  
  
• Caregiving with Siblings: 4 Tips to Gain Support of Siblings, http://see.sc/gvrFEx via @hoppy212ny
  
  
• Innovative approach: In the Backyard, Grandma's New Apartment, http://j.mp/Ktd7ze via http://NYTimes.com
  
  
• Feature-Matching Products to your Client’s Needs « EmpowerAbility®, http://j.mp/Irkrym
  
  
• 5 Playlists Every Caregiver Should Have on Their iPod « Soundscape, http://j.mp/IrjNAZ
  
  
• Finding Pride in Caregiving: LGBT Caregivers Answer the Call from the Community, http://ow.ly/aDms9 via @ASAging
  
  
• Caregiving with Siblings: Reducing sibling tensions in family caregiving http://ow.ly/axBLQ via @HISCNewportNews
  
  
• Even Guinnea Pigs can be Hospice Therapy Pets!http://pojonews.co/KuB4KI via @hospicepharmacy
  
  
• Really helpful! Breaking bad news http://bit.ly/KvdGgh via @KSkipperFoster
  
  
• Hospice nursing is perfect love, http://bit.ly/IdXHTH from @hospicepharmacy via @AgraceHospice
  
  
• Beautiful! Patient gives hospice nurse an unexpected gift, http://bit.ly/Ij7hzB from @ctffox via @hospicepharmacy
  
  
• Cheryl Eckl reviews Ira Byock's latest book, The Best Care Possible, http://j.mp/IMU0my
  
  
• Loyal Companion Helps a Veteran With PTSD, http://NYTimes.comhttp://j.mp/KkkVTd

Caregiving and Hospice, January 8 - January 14, 2012

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

• Saying no to your oncologist is sometimes the right thing to do, http://bit.ly/rEBuYY RT @AlithiaCarol
  
  
• On what is really important in life, http://awe.sm/5dR2O by@LiaLondon1RT via @ShelleyWebbRN
  
  
• Helping employees with caregiving, http://bit.ly/AysrIm
  
  
• Some companies are doing it right! via @ShelleyWebbRN
  
  
• Preparing Your Home For Alzheimers Caregiving, http://bit.ly/AFaiVD via @ClickForFitness

Caregiving and Hospice, October 30 - November 5, 2011

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

• Caregiving when the recipient is hard to love, ow.ly/7jj9U MT @SupportForHome

• Top 10 Rules to Break in Hospice Music Therapy, http://wp.me/pfeG5-qr by @RachelleNorman via @ContinuumHCH

• Learn more about Pet Therapy in hospice, http://ow.ly/7ikQ4 MT @HouHospice

• When End-Of-Life Talks Confuse–or Do Not Happen http://ow.ly/7iGrq RT @ctffox

• Adaptive clothing in eldercare, http://ow.ly/7iGmU via @ShelleyWebbRN and @ctffox

National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, November 2011

By proclaiming November 2011 as National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization encourages every American to increase our understanding and awareness of care at the end of life and to observe this month with appropriate activities and programs.

Most of us have heard about hospice care.  We know that hospices care for people at the end of life. Many of us know a family or friend who was helped by hospice when faced with the serious illness and death of a loved one.  But there is so much more to know.

For example, did you know that hospice provides what the majority of Americans say they want at the end of life ~ excellent pain management, comfort, and support for the patient and family caregivers?

Here are ten more things you should know about hospice:

Caregiving and Hospice, September 25 - October 1, 2011

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

• Moving! Caregiving doesn't make you immune to needing care, http://bit.ly/ojM3Su by @StoryForHealing

• "Seemingly Innocent Boundary Violations and How to Avoid Them," http://fb.me/1b9UQJ9cM via @NHPCO_news

• Continuing series: Choosing music for selfcare or caregiving, http://bit.ly/nVUTUe by @RachelleNorman

• Beautiful post! 1 in 8 people: Could it Be You? http://wp.me/p1ROGI-I by @thezenblog

• Heartwarming story shows what hospice can do, http://bit.ly/ohZh1s via @leighanne41 @NHPCO_news

Caregiving and Hospice, August 28 - September 3, 2011

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

• 6 good caregiving tips here: Peace for the Elderly Who Live Alone, http://ow.ly/6ixpf via @ctffox @caregivertweets

• Top 10 Most Popular CareGiving Articles in August, http://ow.ly/6jAV8 via @CaregiverTweets

• Strong Communication With Medical Staff needed in caregiving, http://ow.ly/6jTvN via @AARP @ShelleyWebbRN

• 8 caregiving questions to ask in a medications review with your patient, http://su.pr/15lo9S via @ShelleyWebbRN @ApothecaryMom

• Preventing falls as happened to First Lady Nancy Reagan last week, http://ow.ly/6ixkL via @CaregiverTweets