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