Caregiving and Hospice, January 1 - January 7, 2012

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

• Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.: Tips for Talking to Children About Terminal Illness, http://j.mp/z68RR7
  
  
• Accepting Death As an Inevitability, http://j.mp/wdluU8
  
  
• Should for-profit hospices be banned? Or are they victims of a witch hunt? http://j.mp/A6dpia
  
  
• Hospice of the Valley pets featured in calendar j.mp/xCjC28
  
  
• Guidelines: when hospice and palliative care may be appropriate for CHF, heart disease, http://j.mp/zJ2wIr
• Mother facing terminal illness: ‘I Can’t Tell Them I’m Dying,’http://j.mp/zJSb0O
  
  
• New Years Resolutions for Alzheimers Caregivers | Maria Shriver, http://j.mp/wDbjAN
  
  
• Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope | Maria Shriver, http://j.mp/yjlXeD
  
  
• Hospice: A Child's Goodbye, huff.to/wmDUlP via @hospicepharmacy
  
  
• Great article on Caring for an Aging Parent, http://bit.ly/xPtP0c | @_lizzy_ via @Hospicecn
  
  
• Where is our parents' controlling behavior coming from? http://bit.ly/lYeO66 by @mindingourelder @AgingCare
  
  
• When nurses are asked to hasten death, http://bit.ly/xN3C68 by @medethicsandme
  
  
• In Awe of Her, http://j.mp/ApjA3t by Pat Schwiebert, RN
  
  
• She says “I have cancer.” Now, what do you say? http://j.mp/xgdDrI by @stangoldberg