Hospice in Prison

Price range: $29.95 through $135.00

The Humane Prison Hospice Project provides compassionate palliative, geriatric, memory, hospice, and end-of-life care support to incarcerated people, using an innovative model that trains incarcerated peer caregivers to work alongside the interdisciplinary care team. Lisa Deal and Laura Musselman will join Dr. Michele DiTomas to discuss the care needs of an aging prison population, the program, and how hospices can replicate the model in their own communities.

Registration Options

Individual: Live and on-demand viewing for one person.
Organization/company: Live and on-demand viewing for employees within a single location.
Organization + community license: Live and on-demand viewing for employees and community members at up to 3 locations.

Continuing education included with registration.

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Learning Objectives

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Expert Panelists

Lisa Deal, RN, MPH, ScD

Lisa Deal is senior advisor to the Humane Prison Hospice Project. As a community health nurse caring for AIDS patients in Boston during the late 1980s, Lisa discovered her passion for being with the dying. Following that profound experience, Lisa’s life took her down a variety of paths as a clinician, research associate, policy analyst/editor,...

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Michele DiTomas, MD, MS

Michele DiTomas is Assistant Deputy Medical Executive for Palliative and Complex Care and CMF Hospice Medical Director with California Correctional Health Care Services. She earned her MD from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and is board-certified in both family medicine and hospice and palliative medicine. Dr. DiTomas has spent over 10 years working...

Meet Michele

Laura Musselman, MFA

Laura Musselman is Executive Director of the Humane Hospice Prison Project. She is an end-of-life doula, writer, and former college instructor. With a background in philosophy, education, and trauma support, she brings both critical inquiry and practical grounding to her leadership. As the Executive Director of the Humane Prison Hospice Project, Laura focuses on strengthening...

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Program Details

Live: May 12, 2026 — Noon-1:30pm ET
Available on demand for six months; until November 12, 2026

Length: 90 minutes

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Course materials will be accessible through your account as they become available.

Program Viewing:

Live viewing instructions and Zoom link will be emailed to you in the days leading up to the program, and the link will be available in your account.
On-demand viewing is available for six months from the live program date. The link will be available in your account within approximately 24 hours of the live program.

Program Pricing:

Advance Purchase

Individual Viewer — Member: FREE | Non-member: $29.95
Organizational Viewing — Member: FREE for up to 25 staff
Organizational Viewing — Non-member: 1-12 staff – $79.95 | 13-25 staff: $135

Same Day and On-Demand Purchase

Individual Viewer — Member: FREE | Non-member: $39.95
Organizational Viewing — Member: FREE for up to 25 staff
Organizational Viewing — Non-member: 1-12 staff – $89.95 | 13-25 staff: $160.00

Hospice in Prison

Learning Objectives

Expert Panelists

Lisa Deal, RN, MPH, ScD

Michele DiTomas, MD, MS

Laura Musselman, MFA

Program Details

CE Information

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