According to Penrod, Loeb, & Smith (2014) prisoners are serving a longer sentence due the “get tough on crime” atmosphere across the United States of America, keeping prisoners into their later years. Furthermore, Penrod, et al (2014) states that due to the length of stay, prisoner with chronic and serious sickness require the most basic of healthcare. Therefore, the goal of effective hospice or palliative care is to provide physical, psychological, social and spiritual care to the inmates with life-restraining conditions as referenced by Stone, et al (2012). In addition, Stone, et al (2012) states that the prison hospice if funded through existing stipend provided by the United States Healthcare. In turn the hospice volunteers would help with
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The review panel asked a series of question to attain an insight as to why the inmates would want to become a hospice volunteer and also to ascertain if they have had any personal loss and if so how did they cope with said loss. The review panel accepted the answers that were given with acceptance and sympathy. The review panel selected eight volunteers but the video actually focused on four of them. The focused inmates were convicted of crimes such as armed robbery with the possession of a firearm, first and second degree murder, multiple felonies, and drug charges with a combined years of sentence of two life sentences without the possibility of parole and 75 …show more content…
The theme of the hospice program is morality and changing deviant behavior, while helping other inmates to die comfortably and with dignity. The hospice unit consists of 24 bed unit. The inmates has transformed from a violent behavior to providing compassionate care and forgiveness to other inmates that are in dire need of assistance. The hospice volunteers are required to assist with bathing, feeding, moving and turning patients and also to sit with a dying patient. According to the warden of Angola, the hospice program is a benefit to the dying inmate and a benefit to the volunteers because it change their way of thinking. The hospice volunteers believe that the inmates are living out life with love instead of looking at it as dying with
The review panel asked a series of question to attain an insight as to why the inmates would want to become a hospice volunteer and also to ascertain if they have had any personal loss and if so how did they cope with said loss. The review panel accepted the answers that were given with acceptance and sympathy. The review panel selected eight volunteers but the video actually focused on four of them. The focused inmates were convicted of crimes such as armed robbery with the possession of a firearm, first and second degree murder, multiple felonies, and drug charges with a combined years of sentence of two life sentences without the possibility of parole and 75 …show more content…
The theme of the hospice program is morality and changing deviant behavior, while helping other inmates to die comfortably and with dignity. The hospice unit consists of 24 bed unit. The inmates has transformed from a violent behavior to providing compassionate care and forgiveness to other inmates that are in dire need of assistance. The hospice volunteers are required to assist with bathing, feeding, moving and turning patients and also to sit with a dying patient. According to the warden of Angola, the hospice program is a benefit to the dying inmate and a benefit to the volunteers because it change their way of thinking. The hospice volunteers believe that the inmates are living out life with love instead of looking at it as dying with