Caregiving and Hospice, December 16 - December 22, 2018

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

Documentary Review: "The Sum Total of Our Memory: Facing Alzheimer's Together," http://j.mp/2QH43o0 « Seven Ponds Blog

Nurses Again Outpace Other Professions for Honesty, Ethics, http://j.mp/2QHl3KR « GALLUP

What the FDA forgets in the battle against e-cigarettes, http://j.mp/2QJpncu « Kevin MD

Understanding and Managing Grief, October 18 - October 24, 2015

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

Everything Doesn't Happen For A Reason, http://j.mp/205os1P « The Adversity Within

Grief Is Hard, http://j.mp/204WhAj « Stunned By Grief

On child loss and lessons learned: After Grief,  http://j.mp/1WaiuIr « Responsibility.org

Understanding and Managing Grief, September 13 - September 19, 2015

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

Grief Bibliography, updated today: Books on grief recommended by the bereaved http://bit.ly/9J8Wa4 « Grief Healing

In grief: Put on a happy face, http://j.mp/1KVvIsn « DEW's Girl

Supporting a Grieving Child? Use Modeling http://j.mp/1Lk5LS8 « What's Your Grief?

When Delayed Grief Affects Work Performance

A reader writes: I lost my dad ten months ago, while I was in my last year of nursing school. I had to 'tuck in' the grieving process in order to graduate which was my dad's greatest wish for me. He literally said, "Don't stop school for me." I originally felt rejected by him, but now I see he was protecting me again. He had an 8 month battle with pancreatic cancer that was just horrible.

So, I've graduated from nursing school, passed my state boards, and I wish I could give him a big hug. Now that the stress from school is over, I feel like I need to continue the active grieving.

The problem is that I'm messing up at work, which is not new work for me.  Read on here >>>

Voices of Experience: Just Let Me Be Sad

Source

Since she lost her four year old daughter in a drowning accident in 2009, bereaved mom Maria Kubitz has worked hard to find ways to learn from the pain and maintain a loving, healthy environment for her four other children. She volunteers at a local chapter of The Compassionate Friends, and in 2012, Maria created Alive in Memory, a supportive place where families can share precious stories of the loved ones they’ve lost. Here she writes of society's pressures to suppress and bury the pain of grief, and how she's learned to carry it instead.

Understanding and Managing Grief, June 3 - June 9, 2012

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

• Widow's Voice: Proud [of the W-word], http://j.mp/L8wscT
  
  
• Touching! On Loss and Regret, http://post.ly/7gyRV from @maykilmer via @dtanton
  
  
• Awesome tool for grief support groups! Tear Soup Cooking Tips (free download), http://bit.ly/MoLdsA by @griefwatch
  
  
• Tear Soup: A Recipe For Healing After Loss (book review), http://ht.ly/bre8x by @ChoosingChange
  
  
• Grief Watch June Newsletter: Read it here, http://bit.ly/Kp6hfv by @griefwatch

Understanding and Managing Grief, April 8 - April 14, 2012

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

• Maureen Hunter: If This Is You, You're Normal, http://j.mp/HGegr1
  
  
• Grief: Listening To My Anger, http://j.mp/HGdudv
  
  
• Truly amazing story, turning the tragedy of a child's death into a mission of education and hope, http://on.fb.me/Inydzf via @TheGriefToolbox
  
  
• Beautiful poem from Jane Yolen, http://bit.ly/Jdfyo8 via @mbquilts
  
  
• 3 Things to Do When You Are Feeling Low, http://j.mp/IumdPp

Caregiving and Hospice, April 1 - April 7, 2012

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

• Lovely! Caregiving. It's what you do, http://j.mp/Inct7X via @ctffox
  
  
• By one who knows: Caregiving is tough, especially when it's your spouse, http://ow.ly/a6qQd from @ctffox via @seniors4living
  
  
• Letters to Editor about making end-of-life decisions, http://nyti.ms/HhXMjQ via @NHPCO_news
  
  
• Why Won't They Get Hearing Aids? http://j.mp/Hhgq00 via NYTimes.com
  
  
• When to begin the end-of-life conversation? "In high school," http://bit.ly/HncloY via @medethicsandme

Understanding and Managing Grief, March 18 - March 24, 2012

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

• Widow's Voice: A Message in a Dream, http://j.mp/GJRQ2Y
  
  
• Workplace Grief: IndyCar-Style, http://bit.ly/GS2N5f  on gender differences in grief, by @Victoria_Noe
  
  
• Helpful! What to Say to Grieving Nonbelievers, http://ow.ly/9PsY5 via @MadSciKat
  
  
• Video: Learn all about National Students of AMF, the organization for grieving college students, http://abc11.com
  
  
• Wonderful! Riding the Grief Train, http://j.mp/GJoJN8 by Jan Warner

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, September 18 - September 24, 2011

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

• A Loveletter to Caregivers by Leeza Gibbons, http://j.mp/pZMbSe

• Have that crucial conversation with family members! http://goo.gl/n5eeC via @leighanne41

• Ask the right questions when choosing hospice care, http://bit.ly/neT2FW via @hospicepharmacy

• Hospice offers positive strategies for patients, caregivers at end of life, bit.ly/pKFSgy via @hospicepharmacy

• No Doubt, Hospice Gives Hope, http://bit.ly/nh5jin from @hospicedave via @hospice_news

Understanding and Managing Grief, September 4 - September 10, 2011

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

• 5 Ways Love Helps Kids Cope with Grief, http://ow.ly/6iQEn by @BarbaraAnnSimon

• Miriam Greenspan on Moving from Grief to Gratitude, http://bit.ly/cCmMpA via @assisi via @loripyeICC @bonniebright5

• If you work with kids, teens, connect with 9/11 NAGC teacher tools, http://ow.ly/6jDPl via @StoryForHealing

• September 11: Coping with Aftershocks, http://bit.ly/oLsmLl

• Touching, personal video: teaching about hospice through Grief Reflection, http://bit.ly/rgx9YZ via @StoryForHealing

Caregiving and Hospice, September 4 - September 10, 2011

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

• Accepting Help is Essential! Reach out before it is too late, http://dld.bz/ap8jf via @SeniorLivingMag

• When caregiving: Know Your Workplace Rights, http://bit.ly/ppW5pr via @CaringPeopleInc @Carebinders

• Audio advice on caregiving: aging in place, when loved one resists help, http://owl.li/6pVPk by @AgingWisely

• Ten Tips for an elder's safe hospital stay, http://bit.ly/plyA7G via @colpartners

• Finding time for what's important in caregiving, http://bit.ly/qJjIwn by @carisalz via @SageMinder

Understanding and Managing Grief, July 31 - August 6, 2011

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

• Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark, http://widowskey.com via @widowsguide

• "Crying and Being a Man,"  http://bit.ly/oHEQps via @GoodMenProject @patriciasinglet @rickbelden

• Shifting gears: from tending to grief to needing to go to work, http://t.co/cwTCxkV via @BodyAwareGrief

• Condolence notes and casseroles: How to help friends in mourning, http://slate.me/r9aD2D 

• "Learning to Laugh When You Feel Like Crying," http://bit.ly/oqnpWe review of book by @allenklein via @RobertaGuise