Palliative care training initiative launches to improve quality among incarcerated populations

Palliative care training initiative launches to improve quality among incarcerated populations 
Hospice News; by Holly Vossel; 7/12/24 
The California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation’s Medical Facility (CMF) has launched a new palliative spiritual care training program aimed at improving services for incarcerated individuals. The new two-week spiritual training program was recently provided to palliative care service workers and volunteers to assist CMF’s clinical and nursing staff caring for patients at the facility’s hospice, correctional treatment center and memory care units. A dozen trainees recently completed the program, with CMF planning to provide an annual refresher course to all of its palliative care service workers, according to California Correctional Health Care Services CEO Joseph Garland. 
Editor's Note: One of the top read articles we've posted in 2024 has been "Death and redemption in an American prison," telling the story of Angola Prison's first hospice inmate care, from the experiences of Steven Garner; posted in our newsletter on 2/20/2024 and in our Sunday's Top Read Stories 3/3/2024.