Hospice in Prison Part 2: An interview with the Pastoral Care Workers

GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Podcast · Jun 29, 2023 · 46m

I don't know 'bout religion

I only know what I see

And in the end when I hold their hand

It's both of us set free

These are the ending lyrics to Bonnie Raitt's song "Down the Hall", an ode to the Pastoral Care Workers who care for their fellow inmates in the hospice unit at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, California. On last week's podcast we interviewed the medical director and the chaplain of the prison's hospice unit (Hospice in Prison Part 1). This week we turn our attention to the inmates.

Pastoral Care Workers are inmates who volunteer time to care for the dying who come…