Caregiving and Hospice, April 10 - April 16

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

• In honor of National Health Decisions Day, check out all the posts on @Pallimed about advance care, http://hpm.md/hk4Tdw by @ctsinclair via @ewidera @NHDD

• Hospice of the Valley volunteer provides respite, keeps memories, http://goo.gl/W4ln7 via @CeCeTodd 

• Video: Tips for family meetings http://bit.ly/geNM6n by @graceful_aging via @ShelleyWebbRN 

• Helping hospice patients nationwide keep their pets, pay for pet food, vet and grooming costs, @petpeaceofmind 

• People don’t know all that hospice can do for them and how little it costs, http://bit.ly/gnGUK0 via @hospicepharmacy

• Nurse fulfills dog lover’s last wish, http://bit.ly/egReTW via @hospicepharmacy 

• April 16 is National Health Care Decisions Day. Will you Have The Talk? @NHDD can help, http://bit.ly/eUd3HA

• At the breaking point in caregiving? Save yourself! http://bit.ly/i38wXV via @caregiverblog 

• End-of-life planning eases suffering, http://bit.ly/hxrcbj via @seniorlivewell @hospicecny

• Adult Failure to Thrive (AFT) and how hospice can help http://ow.ly/4zCUV by @hospicecomfortr via @ctffox

• Hospice volunteer urges other men to sacrifice their time http://bit.ly/eONg6s via @hospicepharmacy

• Great conversation on "The Messy Business of Dying," http://bit.ly/gfw3Pl via @ECRI_Institute @NHDD

• Politics mustn't silence end-of-life talks, http://usat.ly/fPZr6j

• At the End of Life, Sometimes Less Is More, http://bit.ly/hiBxQV via @hospicepharmacy

• Roger Ebert: Remaking my voice | Inspiring Video on TED.com, http://bit.ly/ekONlB

• Redesigned Medicare Caregiver Site: a Graphical Tour, http://wp.me/pGnzI-1LI by @AsOurParentsAge

• Celebrating National Volunteer Week, http://bit.ly/eiH2aw

• Caring for a Loved One with Chronic Pain: Four Caregiving Cornerstones, http://huff.to/hyFhtQ via @huffingtonpost

• Military Families Week: Putting the Spotlight on Sacrifices of Those Left Behind, http://huff.to/hN0vmk via @huffingtonpost

• Stan Goldberg on Caregiving: We’re Not Mother Teresa, http://bit.ly/gNhqns

• National Volunteer Week, April 10 - 16: press release and proclamation, http://bit.ly/fpElvq by @NHPCO_news 

• Death is a topic few want to discuss. But ignorance makes caregiving harder, http://bit.ly/gnGreV

• Imagine getting a letter from your Mom years after she passes, http://ow.ly/4wY0j via @CaregiverTweets

• On caregiving: "Some days, I want to run away," http://bit.ly/e6B1Yz by @phatkathy via @caregiving