Caregiving and Hospice, August 22 - August 28

From Grief Healing's Twitter stream this week:

• Hospice of Michigan launches 52-week radio hospice awareness campaign, http://bit.ly/9KB4M9 via @larryberesford

• Length of Stay in Nursing Homes at End of Life: Implications for Palliative Care, http://bit.ly/caseZx via GeriPal

• Tender Care Beds: Making Hospital Beds Beautiful, http://bit.ly/a6SVmK 

• VideoCaregiving.org - A visual education center for family caregivers, http://bit.ly/x5w2q via @Florence247

• A family’s caregiving story: Lessons in Loving Dad and Mom, http://bit.ly/9xs2Fw via @AARPVIVA 

• End of Life Care: Some interventions can extend life, reduce suffering and save money, http://huff.to/9WiZsG 

• Early Diagnosis of Alzheimers Disease: Idea Not Ready for Prime Time, http://bit.ly/bqPN0G via GeriPal

• Hospice Nurse Made A Difference In Tallapoosa County http://bit.ly/cxItts

• Effective care for elderly chronically ill: MD calls for more research, http://bit.ly/bvwGb5

• Powerful video: What would you do if you were the adult child? http://bit.ly/cmjcxm via @ElderCareRN

• Service dog helps Oxnard woman with her epilepsy and therapy practice, http://bit.ly/bdtsjb

• Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Takes on Alzheimer's, to be released on October 15, http://bit.ly/aanxzc via @mariashriver

• About the need for touch in an isolating society, http://bit.ly/dm4B4K via @ElderCareRN

• New Studies in Palliative Care | The Diane Rehm Show from WAMU and NPR, http://bit.ly/aXaIvc

• Frank Talk About Care at Life’s End, by Jane Brody in NYT, http://nyti.ms/cIogen via @NHPCO_news

• Building a Community August Newsletter http://conta.cc/aIi3QI via @StoryForHealing

• Holistic psychiatrist opines On Maslow and Medicine, http://bit.ly/6NDck2 via @doclake @holisticmd

• Gaining Senior Independence: 10 Tools That Will Help, http://ow.ly/2sZCW via @CareLab @CaregiverTweets 

• Virtual Senior Center Enhances Lives of Homebound Seniors, http://tinyurl.com/3y3gmk9 via @CareLab

• Great caregiving article on devices to help people with disabilities to cook and eat, http://bit.ly/c05f5g via @CareLab 

• Kitten therapy, via Veterinary Wisdom® Café, http://bit.ly/ay4WSV

• Boston Globe picks up on NEJM article on palliative care, http://bit.ly/duhNns via @NHPCO_news