Caregiving and Hospice, June 5 - June 11, 2011

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

• How pets benefit us, including how his dog Rosie helps keep him healthy, http://t.co/SQLk2EX by @DrOz via @DrMartyBecker

• Broken promises in caregiving: Embrace Your Limits, free Webinar offers help, http://t.co/yS3MVAG by @caregiving 

• Great Article! Hospice: An Underutilized Resource Obscured by Myths, http://bit.ly/kvdxRl by @Seniors4Living via @SilveradoSenior

• Not All Attention is Created Equal | The Unprepared Caregiver, http://bit.ly/kNKF61

• Opiophobia in the United States: history and video, http://bit.ly/iHs3vS via @asra_husain

• Older volunteers give families some relief, http://ow.ly/5e8xy via @VillageMemorial

• Dealing with dementia and wandering, http://tinyurl.com/452lrob via @caracappa

• Helping elders follow medication regimen, http://bit.ly/kqOhqb by @myOH_AgingWell via @healthysand 

• Enlisting help to relocate aging dad, http://nyti.ms/lbgSDq via @nshandler

• Chemo for Late-Stage Cancer Patients May Be Unjustified, http://yhoo.it/jfc714 via @MaryMacElveen

• Help Through Hospice, http://bit.ly/jCi131 via @Hospicecny

• Glossary of palliative care terms in plain language, http://ow.ly/58ysK by @VirtualHospice

• Great Hospice Foundation of America (HFA) video on choosing quality hospice care, http://bit.ly/lliJgX by @hfahospice via @ctffox

• Palliative care essential in transformation of healthcare, http://ow.ly/5e8QP via @VillageMemorial

• Let's tackle the taboo and talk about death, http://bit.ly/jIUzYa via @ScottIrwinMD @hospicepharmacy

• Pets are an important part of a hospice patient's support system, http://ow.ly/5dpQb @petpeaceofmind @MourningSource 

• Book Review: My Mother's Hip: Lessons from the World of Eldercare, http://bit.ly/lJAjD8 

• “Don’t let Oncologists make all the decisions,” http://ow.ly/5b4ND  @VirtualHospice via @nytimes

• Aggressive care at the end: who pays? http://bit.ly/j5JAdj via @MatthewsMichele 

• Integrate palliative care from early illness onward, http://ow.ly/58trc via @acpinternist