Caregiving and Hospice, August 5 - August 11, 2012

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

• Good practical sense tips on how to "Take Your Oxygen First" when caregiving, http://fb.me/2lKZSLhlQ via @LeezaGibbons
  
  
• Medical student reflects on end of life care, http://lnkd.in/yQFqQK via @robingsmith
  
  
• Dr. Ira Byock on end-of-life care, http://bit.ly/MYtxlP via @hospicepharmacy
  
  
• Good things in small furry packages: even Guinea pigs can do hospice, http://bit.ly/P9Lxhk #pettherapy via @suncoasthospice
  
  
• Twitter Q&A: Join @AARPFamily for a discussion about caregiving resources on Thursday, August 16 at 2pm ET – Use Twitter hashtag #caresupport to ask questions
  
• "The Art of Dying" describes the work of hospice chaplain, counselor, http://j.mp/MotnY8 via @SolariHospice
  
  
• What exactly is a POLST?  http://j.mp/MyPfkQ « SevenPonds Blog
  
  
• Debbie Reynolds interviewed on caregiving, http://bit.ly/OUCvDb via @CaregiverSN
  
  
• Helpful! How to respond to insensitive comments while caregiving, http://ow.ly/cJ1E1 via @connectdforlife
  
  
• Meet Expert Panelists for HFA's Fall Program, Artificial Nutrition and Hydration at the End of Life, http://j.mp/OYNo8K
  
  
• No professionals are better skilled at caring than in hospice and palliative care, http://bit.ly/MYOGRm via @NHPCO_news
  
  
• VA Hospice will feature four-legged resident, http://bit.ly/QEW2uS via @hospicepharmacy