Caregiving and Hospice, December 30 - January 5, 2019

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

Hospice Care in an Assisted Living or Skilled Nursing Facility, http://j.mp/2R532Xi « Hospice of the Red River Valley

If You Struggle to Talk About Death, Read This, http://bit.ly/2BTGBKc « Thrive Global

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Caregiving and Hospice, October 14 - October 20, 2018

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

I Need to Have a Life, http://j.mp/2R25Ksa « The Caregiver Space

A Working Class Death, http://j.mp/2AdWUll « True

When Your Partner Is Dying, What Do You Say? http://j.mp/2A9ld43 « NextAvenue

Caregiving and Hospice, August 26, 2018 - September 1, 2018

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

One in Five Hospice Patients Is Discharged Alive, http://j.mp/2os3qy2 « Seven Ponds Blog

What Is the Environmental Impact of Traditional Burials and What Some Greener Alternatives? http://j.mp/2MLfmtH « Seven Ponds Blog

Now, WhatsApp for palliative care on doorstep, http://j.mp/2PlzD5y « Telegraph India

Caregiving and Hospice, October 18 - October 24, 2015

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

Coping with the Impending Death of a Loved One, http://j.mp/1MY8OAc « Pallimed

Do You Have 'The Little Blue Book' in Your House? http://j.mp/1NVl5H6 « HuffPost Healthy Living

A Son Reflects on Father's Cancer Death, http://j.mp/1W4WVJ7 « AfterTalk

Caregiving and Hospice, July 28 - August 3, 2013

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

How to speak the same language: A case study on “translating” end-of-life conversations, http://j.mp/11zaE2t « It's OK to Die

On Tweeting the End of Life, http://j.mp/17md8QE « HFA's Hospice and Caregiving Blog

Tips to Communicate End of Life Wishes to Adult Children, http://j.mp/11fnsI5 «
AARP Blog

Hospice of the Valley's AZ Palliative Home Care now has its own website with referral app, http://j.mp/19y9Gsc « Arizona Palliative Home Care

POLST: A new approach to end-of-life directives, http://j.mp/17U9u2x « Herald-Tribune

Caregiving and Hospice, April 28 - May 4, 2013

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

'Big C' consultant Dr. Vijay Trisal on Palliative Care, http://j.mp/13cTI15 « Los Angeles Times

Outstanding! The American Nurse: As Real As It Gets, http://j.mp/ZvmJ4E « Medscape (free registration is required to view)

Helping Seniors Learn New Technology, http://j.mp/Yt5LIL « New York Times

Medivizor: personalized medical information at your fingertips, http://j.mp/112z0E6 « Caregiving Cafe Blog

Deathbed Singers, Threshold Choirs, Grow To Comfort Sick And Dying, http://j.mp/ZDcE9j « Huff Post Religion

Caregiving and Hospice, March 17 - March 23, 2013

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

Tethered to a pole: the challenge of end of life decisions, http://j.mp/11vY5Xi by Ishani Ganguli

Ask Elizabeth: What Is Palliative Care? http://j.mp/X2eG38 by Natalie Strouth, RN

Powerful description of caregiving and grief: Suddenly, They're All Gone, http://j.mp/Zimw32 « NYT

Latest Professionally Speaking Interview with Joan Teno, MD, MS, http://j.mp/14ccUOX « Hospice Foundation of America

Film Review: Amour http://bit.ly/ZYouXm « Seven Ponds Blog

Caregiving and Hospice, June 17 - June 23, 2012

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

• Share caregiving concerns with fellow caregivers at CaregivingCafe Forum, http://ow.ly/bIhP7 via @CaregivingCafe
  
  
• New caregiving links: online health records for 911, memory loss, health forums, http://buff.ly/PH0R2l by @CaregivingCafe
  
  
• Storytelling Eases Seniors with Memory Loss, http://AgingCare.comhttp://j.mp/KRTGqc
  
  
• It's okay to question a doctor! 5 Ways to be an Advocate When Caregiving, http://bit.ly/MxUf67 by @robertssister1
  
  
• Caregiver’s Guide to Assisted Living, http://ow.ly/bBW9u from @TheConnilyn via @TCAsstLiving

Caregiving and Hospice, June 10 - June 16, 2012

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

• Humor: Mary Maxwell’s Invocation at the 2012 Aging in America Conference http://j.mp/MbR16r  | Caregiver Stress
  
  
• How to Help When Help Is Not Wanted, http://ow.ly/bA7w4 by @beclosedotcom
  
  
• The Psychology of Pain: It’s Not What You Think, http://j.mp/JuWxi4 by @StanGoldberg
  
  
• MUST SEE: Beautiful PBS Video! The Role of The Hospice Chaplain, http://j.mp/M81kZ0
  
  
• Making light of dying, http://bit.ly/K4WLNb via @KSkipperFoster

Caregiving and Hospice, February 19 - February 25, 2012

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

• A Daughter’s Love, a Mother’s Last Breath, http://NYTimes.com
  
  
• What top authors say about caregiving from tips to policy demands, http://aarp.us/yr0usf via @AARPOR
  
  
• Tips on caregiving from caregivers, http://ow.ly/9egwG via @mjcare
  
  
• Lovely! "You're Still You" by Connie Foster, http://bit.ly/y5UUAB via @KoryWells
  
  
• How to talk to one who is terminally ill, http://ow.ly/9ftVG via @SeasonsHospice

Caregiving and Hospice, February 12 - February 18, 2012

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

• Pet therapy brightens lives of hospice patients, http://bit.ly/ydUbpG via @SolariHospice
  
  
• The very essence of a good death: "Way to Go," http://hospicedoctor.blogspot.com/ by @hospice_doctor via @DignityTherapy
  
  
• Nice video! Hospice care doesn't just have to be a hospital bed, http://bit.ly/xNJhY3 via @JenMarsh2
  
  
• Book Review: Hospice Expert Says There Is No Reason to Fear Death, http://bit.ly/xN62hk via @hospicepharmacy
  
  
• A Closer Look at Assisted Living Part 2, http://aarp.us/zI3SnM by @michelleseitzer via @AARPNY

Caregiving and Hospice, February 5 - February 11, 2012

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

• Why caring for my aging father has me wishing he would die, http://bit.ly/zqYasJ via @doclake
   
  
• "When it's my time to die," http://goo.gl/1GLVd via @EllenRichter
  
  
• Heartwarming! Hospice patient reunites with dog, http://bit.ly/yTLpNi via @hospicepharmacy
  
  
• Flying tips for older passengers, http://nyti.ms/AAQBYm via @liftcaregiving
  
  
• How Caring for Parents Differs from Caring for Children, http://ow.ly/8TURp via @TCAsstLiving