Caregiving and Hospice, November 13 - November 19, 2011

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

• Five Myths About Hospice Care, http://ow.ly/7yBHV via @ctffox

• Hospice helps you live well to the end, bit.ly/ut17Ee via @hospice_news

• Ten Caregiving Secrets We Aren’t Proud Of, http://dlvr.it/wkM2J via @pagfoundation

• Very touching video, I Will Remember For You, http://youtu.be/9MOb5V1s6Ow via @homeinstead402

• Plan Ahead to Make Thanksgiving Special for Aging Relatives, http://ow.ly/7y6vG via @ctffox 

• Hospice of the Valley awarded grant to support children nearing end of life and their families, bit.ly/sCqRsn

• Volunteers make sure dying veterans aren't alone, ow.ly/7sdzR via @CaringPeopleInc and @VillageMemorial 

• Powerful opinion piece from one living w/ terminal illness, http://bit.ly/vimq1a via @hospicepharmacy

• Breakpoint discussion many docs avoid at end of life, http://nyti.ms/vyN5bN by @TheNewOldAge via @SolariHospice 

• Lovely! Best gifts to make holidays more meaningful, http://bit.ly/sIAR8O by @caregiverblog

• Denial challenges families in Alzheimer's caregiving, http://ow.ly/7uTee via @ctffox 

• Tough for teens when dementia is in the house, http://ow.ly/7uEkQ via @AmyGoyer 

• Family loans & family estates: Sometimes it gets messy, http://aarp.us/uGzSip by @thenewoldage via AARPFamily

• A Better Kind of Care, http://bit.ly/vHCnGM @Pallimed post via @brimcmike and @KathleenBurge 

• How to Act Around Someone Who's Dying http://bit.ly/s2ttYY via @hospicepharmacy 

• A Conversation Many Doctors Won’t Have, http://ow.ly/7vNm8 via @AmCollSurgeons 

• Hospice From the Inside Out, bit.ly/s9HjwX by @jbporter 

• Great explanation of the benefit of hospice care http://bit.ly/tq4tkdvia  @MercyHospiceVol via @KPBS 

• Lovely message to hospice staff, volunteers, http://youtu.be/ftD5lSok_Ig by @TorryeJDeVitto via @NHPCO_news 

• Most Boomers Don't Have Living Wills, http://t.co/mkGp9xvq via @NHPCO_news 

• Good news-New Survey Shows Physicians’ Support of Hospice Growing, http://ow.ly/7uTkM via @ctffox [Yay!]

• How to Get Someone to Stop Smoking Without Hating You, http://Caring.com http://bit.ly/tnoJW5 

• Caregiving Confessions, Practical Advice with Leeza Gibbons, bit.ly/tNMU6S

• Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.: Easy Holiday Planning for Caregiving, http://huff.to/tYkYY5

• Eliciting A Life Story – A Responsibility To Aging Seniors, http://bit.ly/sjibM7 via @SilverPlanet

• How music therapy is helping @Rep_Giffords, http://ow.ly/7tGH6 via @AmyGoyer 

• When describing hospice, choose words that help others get past anxiety, http://bit.ly/tLYYo3 by @jbporter

• Differences between hospice and home care, http://bit.ly/tzStOq via @SolariHospice 

• Spreading The Word About Hospice Care, http://KPBS.org http://bit.ly/uHFVIn

• Budgeting For Caregiving, bit.ly/sCh6ne by @MaturityMatters

• 7 ways to cope with a caregiving crisis, http://aarp.us/tK4RY1 by @aarpfamily via @ctffox 

• Soundscape Music Therapy – What’s in a Name? http://j.mp/sjDAcS

• Review: Alzheimer's: A Caregiver's Guide and Sourcebook, 3rd Ed, http://goo.gl/fb/UJ3Ea via @mooreskitchens