Length: 5:53 min.
August 2001
A prison hospice training video and discussion guide is now available from Volunteers of America's GRACE Project. This project, funded by Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care, a national program office of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is spearheading efforts to address the end-of-life care provided to the nation's men and women incarcerated in prisons. The five-minute video, Caring for Terminally Ill Inmates, introduces institutional staff to issues of caring for this growing population. It describes the growing need for hospice prison care; defines and discusses hospice and palliative care; and shows how the physicial, psychological and spiritual needs of dying inmates can be met within the institution. 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.
To view the video on prison hospice issues you must have Windows Media Player installed and be using a current version of Internet Explorer.
View video - 28-56k.wmv
Audio-only version, good for slow connections - audio.wma
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