Caregiving and Hospice, December 18 - 23, 2011

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

• Nice video! Holiday tips on caregiving, http://aarp.us/rWShQp by@ColoradoAARP via @denverhospice
  
  
• Dealing with family and friends regarding your special needs child, http://bit.ly/vNlRbm via @humagaia
  
  
• How to manage caregiving with an aging loved one, http://ow.ly/87Tph from @ctffox via @villagememorial
  
  
• Forging Adult Children-Aging Parent Connections before the Challenging Years, http://tinyurl.com/88othtl by @AsOurParentsAge
  
  
• A Christmas letter to touch your heart, http://bit.ly/vDKETi via @benjaminmast1
• Patient and family engagement in hospice decisions -- if they'll let you, http://bit.ly/tUA6t5 by @ePatientDave
  
  
• Dogs connect with Hospice patients, http://bit.ly/vDG7Xf via @SandyGuerriere
  
  
• A Caregiver's Guide to Transportation Services, http://j.mp/vfZSbw via Caring.com
  
  
• Caring for Elderly Parents: Are You Wearing a Worry Coat? http://j.mp/u2HtLj
  
  
• Lovely video! At the heart of hospice: What chaplains do, http://youtu.be/RO38-IDacwQ by @CommunityHCH
  
  
• 9 Signs That You Need to Fire Your Caregiver, http://j.mp/uvAh5l by@ShelleyWebbRN
  
  
• When You Resent Being a Caregiver, http://bit.ly/trW3PR via @Caring
  
  
• Great-great-grandmother rides again, thanks to hospice program, http://bit.ly/rqkycd via @hospicepharmacy
  
  
• Sweet story: Santa does a good deed for a dying woman, http://bit.ly/utAs5H via @ADECnews
  
  
• In case you're wondering: What Do Hospice Nurses Do? http://j.mp/vLXcUS
  
  
• Best cancer detection system? A dog! http://1.usa.gov/rHrErP via @TweetSmarter
  
  
• Death of young adult disrupts "Natural Order of Things," http://j.mp/u6pgiJ by @hospice_doctor
  
  
• Hospice offers much to patients and families at the end of life, bit.ly/uZO63V via @hospice_news
  
  
• Pet therapy in hospice is awesome! http://ow.ly/82AWJ from @bicmay via @StarNewsOnline
  
  
• Consider ways to promote hope at the end of life http://j.mp/viXh4W from @PracticalWisdom via @elderpages