Caregiving and Hospice, November 27 - December 3, 2011

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

• Great article: How doctors handle their own dying, http://bit.ly/rI39ox MT @_lizzy_ #hpm
  
  
• Why are we afraid of talking about death? http://bit.ly/spB1co by @globeandmail via @_lizzy_
  
  
• How Should I Know When a Person Is Ready for Hospice Services? http://bit.ly/tFkMxG via @HorizonHCH and @hospice_news
  
  
• Eldercare and chronic pain management, http://bit.ly/rUYbpQ via @WeCareTogether

• On The Right to Die (see comments on this post, too!) http://bit.ly/rDZKVO by @stangoldberg

• Caregiving and Holidays: tips for families of dementia patients, bit.ly/u8cQlv via @FreedomHomeCare

• Holidays and caregiving can add up to a big ball of stress! Holiday Survival Guide, http://ow.ly/7LeGW from @caregiving via @AllThingsAging

• Why Everyone Deserves Palliative Care, http://tinyurl.com/d676cem by @thomasreid3md via @ContinuumHCH

• Cover story: A Primer about Hospice Care, http://bit.ly/sleInZ by @lesodell 

• 13 secrets that make caregiving easier, http://ow.ly/7Jubt by @AgingCare via @eldercarelink1

• Ask your representative to support HELP Hospice Act, introduced in the US House as H.R. 3506! http://j.mp/tHon5Q via @NHPCO_news

• The role of a palliative care physician is truth teller and sounding board, http://bit.ly/e56LLX by @hospice_doctor

• Excellent article on importance of hard conversations at end of life, http://j.mp/uPY6TF via @NHPCO_news

• Great article for caregiving: Activities for People with Dementia, http://ow.ly/7J3CT via @HouHospice

• Widower describes losing his wife to cancer, his recovery and life after loss, http://j.mp/uHxg8J via @VirtualHospice

• Hospice helps daughter learn to help her mother live until the end of life, http://j.mp/ruJr6P via @dikeough

• Transformation and the role of fear in death, http://j.mp/uHmLN8 by @LovingTransform

• Lovely! Volunteering at the End of Life, http://huff.to/tlCJit via @elderpages @SolariHospice 

• Excellent Videos About Palliative Care and Hospice, http://bit.ly/tGhUNV

• Helpful and informative: Best cars for caregivers, http://aarp.us/tfmHLB 

• Book review: Alzheimers from the Inside Out, http://j.mp/t8JmPf by @richardsounds2