Caregiving and Hospice, January 16 - January 22

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

• Please join me in welcoming Hospice of the Valley to Facebook! http://on.fb.me/eUp7e7 

• Tips for managing medical issues in caregiving | Caregiver's Corner, http://bit.ly/geYCEi

• Looking for Care Giving Resources? Start here, http://bit.ly/2khU0v

• Visit myOptumHealth's Senior hub for articles on health, caregiving, retirement, more, http://bit.ly/fmvtQ0 via @myOH_AgingWell

• Stopping treatment gives 41-yr-old patient a sense of peace, http://bit.ly/eoUxIb via @hospice_mktg

• Perspectives: Use of hospice care has increased, http://bit.ly/fgUPvr via @hospice_news

• Brilliant essay @kevinmd: Payment systems must take into account the art of medicine, http://goo.gl/fb/xwzR3

• Quality or quantity of life: does your physician make that choice for you? http://bit.ly/hLJz7y via @ShelleyWebbRN @AwareOfYourCare 

• Coping with the Heavy Toll of Caregiving | Blog, http://bit.ly/foVntx by @BarbaraMcVicker 

• Hospice care often includes alternative therapies, HealthDay reports, http://bit.ly/fzL7ui via @NHPCO_news

• Ten Great Sites for Hospice Care and Why, http://goo.gl/fb/eVS8T via @hvto

• What Happens During a Hospice Referral Visit? http://bit.ly/g5aYmC by @HRRV

• What would you think if your doctor had a dog in the office? http://ow.ly/3FP04 @VetWisdom

• When the News is Bad and the Delivery…Worse! http://bit.ly/ecimdp by Dierdre Felton

• Advance Directives Can Ease Stress of Life-or-Death Medical Decisions, http://bit.ly/fFkLE8 via @NHPCO_news

• A bump may as well be a mountain to a wheelchair-user, http://bit.ly/hfNp35 by EmpowerAbility™, LLC

• Maria Shriver shares her family's battle with her father's Alzheimer's disease, http://ow.ly/3ES09 via @aarp

• Are your siblings helping with caregiving? http://ow.ly/3F2nG via @donnaneff @BoomerLivingNow

• New NY State Law Gives Patients Access to Information on End-Of-Life Care, http://bit.ly/fwIigU via @hospicepharmacy 

• Keeping hospice patients and pets together. See all Pet Peace of Mind locations, http://bit.ly/aTZjyF via @petpeaceofmind 

• In this week's New Yorker Magazine, Atul Gawande suggests ways to lower health care costs, http://nyr.kr/gJ3F0X

• Guided breathing meditations: Do As One, http://su.pr/2fGyNL via @ShelleyWebbRN @Marielhemingway