Name:
Volunteers of American - GRACE Project: Caring for Terminally Ill
Inmates Training Video and Guide
Description:
A prison hospice training video and discussion guide addressing the end-of-life
care provided to the nation's men and women incarcerated in prisons. These training
materials were designed to increase prison and jail staff's factual knowledge
of the dying process and patient's needs; promote a positive attitude about
providing "community-standard" care for inmate patients, and motivate
staff to want comprehensive, quality palliative care in their institution.
Category:
Educational Tools - Community Education
Source:
Continuing GRACE: Correctional End of Life Care Initiative
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)
5410 Grove St
Chevy Chase MD 20815
301.652.3331
FAX: 301.907.3338
www.continuingGRACE.org
Contact:
Helen B. McNeal
Project Leader
hmcneal@nhpco.org
How the grantee used this instrument:
The five-minute video, "Caring for Terminally Ill Inmates", introduces institutional
staff and inmate volunteers to issues of caring for the growing population of
terminally ill inmates. It is used as part of both staff and volunteer training
programs.
Keywords: program description, caregiver training, residents, curricula, training
To use this tool:
Please order through the Grace Project website www.graceprojects.org
or www.continuingGRACE.org
References:
This tools was developed by the GRACE Project specifically for this project.
Posted September 2004
Volunteers of America overview page
# VOA03, type:community_education
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care is a national program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation dedicated to long-term changes in health care institutions to substantially improve care for dying people and their families. Visit PromotingExcellence.org for more resources.