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Summary Transcript Summary In the early 1990’s, California Medical Facility (CMF) created one of the nation’s first licensed hospice units inside a prison. Keith per many reports, is the heart and sole of the hospice unit and oversees the Pastoral Care Workers. Eric: Wait, so Bonnie Raitt sang a song about hospice in prison?
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On last week’s podcast we interviewed the medical director and the chaplain of the prison’s hospice unit (Hospice in Prison Part 1 ). We also had the pleasure to take a walk through the hospice unit garden with Mr. Gerald Hite. Eric: And Alex, last week we did episode one of Hospice in Prison. So take a listen.
He spent a long time as hospice medical director and he founded a national model of care that many of our listeners will be familiar with, AIM, which stands for the Advanced Illness Management program, which has influenced CMS policy. I think this is actually bread and butter geriatrics. Bill, welcome to the GeriPal podcast.
Like, you were talking with one patient who was in hospice, and he got a lot out of medical cannabis. He actually joined a hospice. And for the listeners not watching YouTube, I’d see maybe it was the big weed magazine thing that you have in the background, Eloise, that got them talking, because it is very stigmatized.
You write a scholarly article in geriatrics, it’s not dissimilar. And I think when groups like JAMA or JAG or the leaders of the American Geriatric Society say we have to call everyone older adult, they’re doing a disservice to all of us. Eric: Yeah, Jimmy Carter goes into hospice. So I think it’s important.
He has an interest in hospice and of life care, pain management and medical ethics. Eric: This is a geriatrics and palliative care podcast and we’re talking about reproductive rights, abortions, looks like we’re talking about medical aid in dying, all encompassing this question of rights of conscious.
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