Caregiving and Hospice, February 26 - March 3, 2012

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

• When I Needed Help - Outstanding first-hand account on need for caregiving, http://nyti.ms/zhzSv5 via @thenewoldage and @ctfox
  
  
• Give Hospice Time to Balance Pain Control With Alertness, Nurse Says, http://ow.ly/9obAt via @ctffox
  
  
• Terminally ill pet therapy dog spends final days celebrating life with hospice patients, http://shar.es/gZFPR via @SolariHospice
  
  
• Intimacy, Marriage and Alzheimer's Disease, bit.ly/yBBruG via @asnl2
  
  
• Lovely! Cooking cuts through mother’s dementia, http://bit.ly/x4lQCE via @alzcny
• Well Spouse Association: Support for the caregiving spouse, http://j.mp/xOOurk
  
  
• Helpful suggestions: Caregiving for a 'mean mom,'  http://aarp.us/zRjmEJ  by @AARPmag via @AARPGA
  
  
• 5 things every work-from-home caregiver MUST do! Hint: ommm, http://aarp.us/xGiXSM via @AARPFamily
  
  
• Healthy Ways to Cope With Caregiver Stress, http://j.mp/y1FMJG via @adaptableworld via @ALSAssistiveTec
  
  
• Taking a closer look at nursing homes, http://aarp.us/yeaF0D by @michelleseitzer via @AARPCares
  
  
• End-of-life care is about much more than pain control, http://fb.me/1d4dY3Smy via @Hospicecny
  
  
• Actors Share Personal Caregiving Stories | SevenPonds Blog, http://j.mp/ABEUuB
  
  
• Healing Power of Music Therapy on PBS Newshour, http://to.pbs.org/xCTU0b via @RainbowHospice
  
  
• With Oscars on the brain, a number of films from this past year speak to caregiving, http://bit.ly/x3pMty via @House_Works
  
  
• Honoring father's last wish: hospice has been "an absolute Godsend," http://bit.ly/AjeVZO via @SolariHospice
  
  
• Initiating end-of-life discussions, http://wp.me/p1HmLc-at via @cjbryant
  
  
• How Will I Die, Part 2: Finding Hope in Hospice, http://j.mp/xdMr3B
  
  
• How Will I Die, Part 1: Preparing Your Family, http://fb.me/TWTS6hzP via @NHPCO_news
  
  
• Why Doctors Die Differently, http://on.wsj.com/xdvTLb from @teaminspire via @WSJ