Caregiving and Hospice, July 9 - July 15, 2017

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

'Are you saying I'm dying?' Training doctors to speak frankly about death, http://j.mp/2uoDCat « STAT

Life After the Diagnosis: A Podcast with Steve Pantilat, http://j.mp/2vkMr2f « GeriPal

Medicare4All won't fix the problem, http://j.mp/2uk3Af0 « 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, March 3 - March 9, 2013

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

ER doctor's perspective on doing CPR on the elderly woman who died, http://j.mp/Y0sGW3

Amid CPR Controversy, Many Unanswered Questions, http://j.mp/XSJVfa « New York Times

5 Ways to Overcome Mid-Life Regret: Tips to deal with could've should've would've, http://buff.ly/XWga9W  « AgingCare.com 

After the Caregiving Ends, http://j.mp/ZiGmf5 « New York Times

Your Death Is Your Headline, http://j.mp/YzOlXq « Anushka Fernandopulle

Caregiving and Hospice, March 25 - March 31, 2012

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

• Among Doctors, Fierce Reluctance to Let Go, http://j.mp/GZj9tG via http://NYTimes.com
  
  
• 3 tools to start the end of life conversation, http://j.mp/HrcTIq
  
  
• In caregiving her own family member, hospice RN's perspective changes, http://wp.me/p1HmLc-cw via @cjbryant
  
  
• Coming to PBS (check local listings): Dementia, From the Inside, http://j.mp/GXxnYa via http://NYTimes.com
  
  
• Must read: Let’s Have a Discussion About End-of-Life Care, http://j.mp/H09F0o

Caregiving and Hospice, March 4 - March 10, 2012

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

• An RN's perspective on end-of-life in hospitals and what needs to be changed, http://j.mp/wHYrUx
  
  
• What Do Hospice Social Workers Do? http://j.mp/xUKtgF via @HFAHospice
  
  
• Employer Best Practices for Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities, http://1.usa.gov/Au2eh7 via @chooseworkSSA
  
  
• Dr. Ira Byock on Transforming the Way We Die, http://bit.ly/xIjIvS via @RedefineHospice and  @hospicepharmacy
  
  
• Who does what on the hospice care team? http://bit.ly/zV4es4  via @SolariHospice

Understanding and Managing Grief, August 28 - September 3, 2011

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

• Accepting the gift of grief: 9/11 widow reflects on decade of rebuilding, http://ow.ly/6kcg9 via @VillageMemorial

• Winner! "Moving Forward On Your Own" widow 's finance guide book, http://bit.ly/ogEiyV via @HelpMePublish

• Working in grief support changed how Nancy Weil looks at life, ning.it/qnzKIK via @LegacyConnect

• LouLaGrand: Critical Importance of Developing Connections in Grief, http://dlvr.it/jnHPN via @houstonfunerals

• Just added @ValleyofLife's beautiful site to GriefHealing's Memorials~Funerals~Rituals page, http://bit.ly/3Qr9gf

Caregiving and Hospice, November 14 - November 20

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

• Sunday's USA Weekend Health Smart column features hospice and palliative care, http://bit.ly/dst8Ug 

• Great personal insights from a physician on end-of-life care, http://bit.ly/c8tuvF #hpm via @RedefineHospice 

• What Do Hospice Social Workers Do? by HFA's Karyn Walsh, http://bit.ly/awSpvR

• Hospice: death as part of life, http://bit.ly/bCSHSG via @hospicepharmacy

• Outstanding resource! http://eepurl.com/bC_Fv @VirtualHospice

• End-of-Life cancer care varies greatly in US, http://bit.ly/dpk47j

• Holidaze! Ten things you can do to reduce holiday stress, http://bit.ly/aPbPE7 via @caregiverblog

• Music Therapy: the power of a song at the end of life, http://bit.ly/bdM5UT via @Rachelle881

• More patients would choose hospice if they understood illness, http://ow.ly/3aSBW via @DianeEMeier @Life_Quality @renee_berry

• Animal-assisted therapy: Working with a hospice therapy dog, http://bit.ly/bIkfzj

• Honor a caregiver this month! http://bit.ly/bQBI5y via @ShelleyWebbRN

• Celebrate Caregivers of All Types this November, http://ow.ly/39Gon via @eldercarelink1

• Author interview: Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Needs and Communications of the Dying, http://ow.ly/39TDS via @ElinSilveous

• Hospice is for the family too! http://bit.ly/anT5CV

• Honoring caregivers during hospice month, http://on.fb.me/9Syyte via @SanDiegoHospice

• When Amputation Is Urged, an Agonizing Choice - Cases, http://nyti.ms/9Dk9aV via @caregiving

• On Home Aides and Hidden Grief, http://nyti.ms/d8P4on via @caregiving

• Holiday help for the caregiver, http://bit.ly/b8FRkD via @SFLTimes @SaludHEALTHinfo 

• Hospice care provides help during times of great need, http://bit.ly/dBkJhX via @hospice_news