Caregiving and Hospice, February 19 - February 25, 2012

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

• A Daughter’s Love, a Mother’s Last Breath, http://NYTimes.com
  
  
• What top authors say about caregiving from tips to policy demands, http://aarp.us/yr0usf via @AARPOR
  
  
• Tips on caregiving from caregivers, http://ow.ly/9egwG via @mjcare
  
  
• Lovely! "You're Still You" by Connie Foster, http://bit.ly/y5UUAB via @KoryWells
  
  
• How to talk to one who is terminally ill, http://ow.ly/9ftVG via @SeasonsHospice
• Hospice staff flexible in supporting believers and atheists alike, j.mp/zzbmYe
  
  
• Pet Peace of Mind: PPOM Changes a Patient's Outlook, http://j.mp/xTSNgD
  
  
• The Crippling Loneliness of Grief, http://j.mp/zWksjB by @Esdeer
  
  
• Long-term care getting lost in presidential campaign, http://aarp.us/AsC4ED by @howard_gleckman via  @AARP and @Forbes
  
  
• Widow Chick: To Assist or Ignore? The Awkwardness of Helping Others, http://j.mp/A42Ld5
  
  
• Final Chapter: Californians' Attitudes and Experiences with Death and Dying | GeriPal, http://j.mp/yBWXhD
  
  
• Great article on talking to loved ones about hospice, http://sharecare.to/w9xKvx via @CommunityHCH
  
  
• Outstanding! A doctor discusses unrealistic attitudes about death, http://bit.ly/A2U2fo via @NHPCO_news
  
  
• New Services Launched To Help Caregivers, http://ow.ly/9acn0 via @connectdforlife
  
  
• Excellent, gentle remedy for constipation in hospice patients, opioid-induced or not, http://j.mp/ziy655 via @hospice_doctor
  
  
• 6 Signs an Elderly Person Needs Assisted Living Arrangements, http://ow.ly/98P4k via @TCAsstLiving
  
  
• Why You Might Want a Music Therapist, Even If You Don’t Need One, http://j.mp/w1VC3I
  
  
• Powerful! Lessons Learned: The Cost of Dying, http://bit.ly/zbRMkh via @hospice_mktg
  
  
• Beautiful! When dying is not easy, http://bit.ly/AkjXDC via @KSkipperFoster