Caregiving and Hospice, July 3 - July 9, 2011

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

• 10 Common Secrets Aging Parents Keep, http://ow.ly/5zpY8 via @CaringPeopleInc @agingcare

• 2011 Annual Family Caregiving Survey Results: Webinar July12 by Caregiving.com, http://bit.ly/mWOSud

• Treasuring Life Initiative: Teens reach out to people with dementia, http://bit.ly/kgKLkz by @TCHospice

• Caregiving isn't easy, but worth it, http://ow.ly/5zmbu via @ctffox @villagememorial

• Death panels? No, life choices, http://bit.ly/pxIU4c via @hospicepharmacy

• End-of-Life Care: A Portrait - NYTimes.com, http://nyti.ms/n9lPKO

• 7 Tips for Finding More "Me" Time in Caregiving, http://bit.ly/qlO1l5 via @Caring

• Great information on caregiving from aging expert, http://ow.ly/5zFi9 via @HomeInsteadNEPA

• Must read! Our health system defaults toward treatment rather than compassion, http://bit.ly/mVGN0v

• Exercise Helps Prevent Osteoporosis in the Elderly, http://ow.ly/5lg00 via @connectedforlife

• State-by-state map to help prepare an advanced directive, http://aarp.us/oR3CqD via @AARP

• Caregiving can sap your income. Now 3 ways family caregivers can get paid, http://ow.ly/5p6Kc via @CaringWise

• Some tips on how to minimize sibling conflicts around caregiving, http://bit.ly/iq1mA3 via @CaringWise

• Shouting puts everyone in a bad mood. How to help someone with hearing loss, http://ow.ly/5p6Wo via @CaringWise

• When a loved one dies, are family members responsible for their debt? http://ow.ly/5wHgn via @AmyGoyer
   
• Handling family disagreements over caregiving, http://aarp.us/rhDna3 via @ShelleyWebbRN @AgingParentHelp @AARPFamily

• Caregiving by Men: A Husband's Perspective (via Today's Caregiver), http://ow.ly/5lfUT via @connectdforlife

• What do older adults want anyway, plus 5 tips for music and movement, http://ow.ly/5x31l via @katfulton

• How music can calm Alzheimers, http://t.co/Y5r9U4s via @AgingParentHelp @caracappa

• For seriously ill, quality of life is valued above length, poll finds, http://bit.ly/nkklVO via @hospicepharmacy 

• Amazing story from a strong woman: What a difference hospice can make! http://ow.ly/5tXRK via @MWilliamsRHG 

• Study: Dignity Therapy for Dying Patients, http://bit.ly/nXlxYt via @Hospicecny 

• Death is inevitable, but it is almost always seen as tragic, http://ow.ly/5wD3p via @ctffox

• Hospice is a philosophy, not a place, bit.ly/o1vKmd via @hospicepharmacy

• Agreed! Touching tribute following music therapy in hospice care story, http://bit.ly/o2Ifxt via @KimberlySMoore

• Passionate debate about @nytimes article on rising hospice costs, http://t.co/LBK9xZd via @hospicepharmacy

• President Don Schumacher says hospice care serves critical need, http://t.co/MYdvNar via @NHPCO_news

• Help keep hospice patients and pets together, http://ow.ly/5xY07 by @petpeaceofmind

• ‘Death panels’ haunt health care debate, http://politi.co/n3VTjw 

• On PBS: 'Consider the Conversation' by @MikeBernhagen; check local listings, http://t.co/XM6cWZ6

• Music Therapy Helps the Dying - NYTimes.com, http://nyti.ms/kZI8xh 

• America needs grownup conversation about end-of-life care, http://tinyurl.com/3vjvzn4 via @cjamesbarlow @palliativecare 

• Learning to set limits-How to Say No to Caregiving, http://ow.ly/5voXk via @dazeinourlives @ctffox  

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