Caregiving and Hospice, January 2 - January 8

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

• When Caregiving Ends, on AfterGiving.com (Life After Caregiving) http://bit.ly/hJbQjP by @donna_m_webb via @caregiving

• Hospice community disappointed; end-of-life planning still needed, http://bit.ly/f7El1v

• Dr. Atul Gawande speaking on end-of-life care issues, http://j.mp/gHwd09 via @HospiScript

• What they didn't teach you in nursing school Part 2: People Die, http://bit.ly/hXovGS by @SarahBethRN

• Patients will choose their medicine, based on their doctor's advice, http://bit.ly/eektB3

• Making the most of Washington's change of mind, http://bit.ly/i2rsUH via @hospice_mktg

• Stuck between a DNR and a hard place? Me, too, http://bit.ly/eoqqJy by @KatyMcKenna 

• Getting the most from visits with elderly parents, http://bit.ly/gMTcRB by @barbaramcvicker

• The Art of Common Sense Caregiving, http://bit.ly/eCRsEE via @Florence247 

• End-of-life advice is good medicine, http://bit.ly/dTyz9c via @hospicepharmacy

• KY nursing homes using music to prevent bedsores, http://tinyurl.com/2ebmrzh via @DillerMedical  

• Exellent article on pediatric palliative care in @pediastaff newsletter! http://lnk.ly/yo1b via @haslingerppc

• Discussing cancer treatment with the terminal patient, http://bit.ly/fDVAnz

• Seven Deadly Emotions of Caregiving, http://bit.ly/e3kQnT via @Florence247

• Giving Alzheimer's Patients Their Way, Even Chocolate, http://nyti.ms/dPJGIs