Caregiving and Hospice, December 12 - December 18

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

• Are Most Published Studies Lies?  http://bit.ly/dNdxyu by @GeriPal

• Unconditional love from a Pawsitive Pal is the best medicine, http://bit.ly/gjFf23 via @SanDiegoHospice

• No choice involved: Hospice & palliative care now proven to be best practice, http://bit.ly/dUyWwX via @CvonGunten

• Ambassador for Care @LeezaGibbons will share advice on caregiving at www.aarp.org/leeza via @aarpma

• Lovely lesson in caregiving from critically ill Dad: "Use the best!" http://bit.ly/esqWMm by @lydiaburdick

• Patient asked to share his hospice story; this lovely video honors his wish, http://youtu.be/CVNpDf2wBEY 

• Making sure elder loved ones are doing okay over holidays, http://ow.ly/3pINf by @aarpma 

• Coping with the medical records system while caregiving, http://ow.ly/3pMWw via @ThePMTeam 

• Caregivers Need the Gift of Respites, http://huff.to/dMATc

• Debating the Ethics of Rationing End-of-Life Care, http://to.pbs.org/d2ce0w 

• Benefits of early palliative care consultations, http://bit.ly/elQD9e 

• When cancer victims turn hope into acceptance, http://bit.ly/fTh0xw via @hospicepharmacy

• Kivel partners with Hospice of the Valley to serve members of the Jewish community, http://bit.ly/gPptgi via @hospice_news

• Young hospice volunteers inspire others, http://bit.ly/dG1R7l via @Hospicecny 

• High tech, intensive care is a poor substitute for emotional fulfillment at end of life, http://bit.ly/e3huUT