Caregiving and Hospice, May 29 - June 4

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

• Are dramatic changes to Medicare necessary? What if more people considered hospice care? http://ow.ly/59Rwm via @devhaddad

• In reaction to Kevorkian's Death, Restating Yes to Palliative Care, http://wp.me/p1pJHd-4s via @jfclearywisc

• Find specialists in hospice and palliative medicine on @AAHPM Web site, http://ow.ly/57XZ7 via @SalixPharma

• Computers can help patients make decisions about end-of-life care, http://lat.ms/itH3F4 via @ctffox @hospicepharmacy

• Free hospice Webinars for health care professionals, http://bit.ly/jo5WIn by @HRRV

• Special series: Palliative care in Canada, http://ow.ly/57Deq via @PassagesHospice @elderpages @hospicedave 

• Volunteer, help hospice patients keep their pets! Find Pet Peace of Mind (PPOM) hospice partners, http://ow.ly/58CVM @petpeaceofmind

• Caregiving tips for taking summer vacations, http://bit.ly/bLIr10 by @alzfdn

• Patients get new perspective on end of life care - CBS News Video, http://bit.ly/kmTrs3

• Let us remember veterans as well as their caregivers on Memorial Day and always, http://bit.ly/mB6lqg via @SanDiegoHospice

• The evolution of hospitals and the present state of health policy, http://goo.gl/fb/wALcO via @kevinmd

• Must Read! Fight cancer with hope? A widow shares the other side, http://bit.ly/iGf0FG via @hospNurseAtty

• Mary Jane Hurley Brant: Hats Off to a World War II Vet, http://bit.ly/lYPEKt

• The gift of a good death, http://ow.ly/55iJf via @VillageMemorial 

• Must Read! Your Tax Dollars Are Being Wasted by Medicare, http://bit.ly/l06JmZ on @geripalblog via @doclake @AlexSmithMD

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