Caregiving and Hospice, September 23 - September 29, 2012

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

• Empowering article! "[It's] time to educate ourselves about caregiving," http://bit.ly/SIrdFK from @caregivingcafe via @CaregiverSN

• In this outstanding and comprehensive interview, NHPCO's Kathy Brandt discusses everything you ever wanted to know about end of life planning, hospice and palliative care, http://fb.me/1zNPjHQ4u

• Countdown to this year's World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, Saturday, October 13. How are you celebrating? http://j.mp/PN5zfO

• How technology can help you manage Caregiving: Favorite picks, http://bit.ly/Sdzxb9 via @CaregiverSN

• Video on End Of Life Care: The Difficult (And Neglected) Conversation, http://huff.to/SoNmmt via @ALSAssistiveTec

• The most important conversation you'll ever have, http://j.mp/Sr9cpA via @ALSAssistiveTec

• Karen M. Wyatt, M.D.: What Dying Can Teach Us About Saving the World, http://j.mp/S6cJ2L

• Senior-Friendly Holiday Traditions, http://j.mp/OYkAhL « Caregiver Stress

• Senior Gift Ideas, http://j.mp/VQASJ5 « Caregiver Stress

• We don't have to be there to "be there" → Long Distance Family Caregiving: Making it Work, http://ow.ly/e1roT

• Death Cafe on KASA-TV,  http://j.mp/S9SThv « Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die

• Outstanding! Learning to Love Hospice, http://j.mp/PGyUID

• Robin Amos Kahn: The Gift of Caregiving, http://j.mp/OVnsfp

• When a Music Therapist Can’t Sing, http://j.mp/UtNNhu « Soundscape Music Therapy

• How to the Handle Medicare Maze (Educational Video Series, part 1) http://j.mp/Ph5tKU « CaregiverStress.com

• Medicare Eligibility and Enrollment (Educational Video, part 2), http://j.mp/PlDc7p « CaregiverStress.com

• Types of Medicare Coverage (Educational Video, part 3), http://j.mp/OoIhjf « CaregiverStress.com

• Supplemental Insurance Covers What Medicare Doesn't (Educational Video, part 4), http://j.mp/UFnZmW « CaregiverStress.com

• How to Find Medicare Information (Educational Video, part 5), http://j.mp/UtNH9J « CaregiverStress.com

• Hey, St. Jude! A Legendary Song Finds a New Generation, http://j.mp/RUNct6

• Introducing Ehospice: One source for news, best practice in hospice, palliative and end of life care, http://j.mp/QS6c72

• The Drama of Aging and Caregiving, a series on YouTube, http://j.mp/PCfkNH « New York Times