Caregiving & Understanding and Managing Grief, December 29 - January 4, 2020

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

Our current system treats medicine as a commodity, not as an essential service. Is health care just legal human trafficking? https://j.mp/2FgV9Wl « Kevin MD

In a few days, it will be the 8th time I have welcomed a new year that Drew will not be alive to share in. Orbiting Closer https://j.mp/35eGRQG « Soaring Spirits International

The first New Year’s after a loved one dies, the future looks like a rocky coast. New Year of Grief, https://j.mp/35fVgMn « Widower's Grief

Caregiving & Grief Tweets, September 1 - September 7, 2019

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

Aid in Dying: A Podcast with Lewis Cohen https://j.mp/2ZFyiAh « GeriPal

Facing Loss: When Hope and Grief Co-Exist, https://j.mp/2HO4OFv « What's Your Grief?

A thank you from doctors to nurses, https://j.mp/2HNPzMM « Kevin MD

Caregiving and Hospice, November 19 - November 25, 2017

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

Care for the dying does not mean obstinately resisting death, pope says, http://j.mp/2jkOcYU « The Tablet

Why Does Earlier Hospice Care Improve the End of Life? http://j.mp/2jkYsAe « Seven Ponds Blog

How Older Patients Can Dodge Pitfalls Entrenched In Health Care System, http://j.mp/2A77lFR « Kaiser Health News

Caregiving and Hospice, September 24 - September 30, 2017

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

Don't let new Nurse Ratched show be an American Horror Story for real nurses! http://j.mp/2fyJqpe « Change.org

Physicians have the power to save our health care system, http://j.mp/2fyrX0e « Kevin MD

Five Years Sober, http://j.mp/2fwF7L4 « Musings of a Distractible Mind

Understanding and Managing Grief, June 18 - June 24, 2017

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

 Lovely! Nancy Sharp on helping children remember their deceased father: What does it mean to love when you can't remember? http://j.mp/2tYAf6y « Option B

Megan Devine on grief work and how we can carry what can't be fixed, http://j.mp/2tYk898 « Raven Radio

Therapy dogs in funeral homes help mourners process, http://j.mp/2sZci1V «TODAY

Caregiving and Hospice, February 7 - February 13, 2016

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

In Palliative Care, Comfort Is the Top Priority, http://j.mp/1LlrXI2 « The New York Times

Alzheimer’s and Hospice Approval Denied, http://j.mp/1WgynxX « Hospice Times

Living with cancer: don't call us survivors, http://j.mp/1Q7zO3o « Stan Goldberg, PhD

Caregiving and Hospice, August 2 - August 8, 2015

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

Alzheimer’s Caregiving – There’s An App For That! http://j.mp/1OR2AQl « Alzheimer's Association

Alzheimer's, Dementia Patients and Hospice, http://buff.ly/1g22kCM « Barbara Karnes, RN

Why doctors overtreat patients. And how to fix it. http://j.mp/1KQv5Nf « Kevin MD

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, September 7 - September 13, 2014

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

Draw the Lines: The Art of Setting Boundaries, http://j.mp/1tPLHij « Pallimed

The Story of Your Life Carries Great Power, http://j.mp/1us1eU4 « It's OK to Die

The Caregiving and Meditation Connection, http://j.mp/1uzi02I « Maria Shriver

Caregiving and Hospice, June 15 - June 21, 2014

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

Insurer Begins Huge Palliative Care Program,  http://j.mp/1rjm5WA « The Washington Post

Dying Well: Why We All Need to Have End of Life Conversations, http://j.mp/UVuRzZ « Ottawa Life Magazine

Why Are We in Denial About Death? http://j.mp/TeYMl3 « The Caregiver Space