Mar 16, 2018
This episode features Rachel Depner (Palliative Care
Institute, The Center for Hospice & Palliative Care, New York,
USA). She reports on her study which aimed to (a) describe a
prison-based end-of-life program utilizing inmate peer
caregivers, (b) identify inmate-caregiver motivations for
participation, and (c) analyze the role of building trust and
meaningful relationships within the correctional end-of-life
care setting. A total of 22 semi-structured interviews were
conducted with inmate-caregivers. Data were analyzed
using Consensual Qualitative Research methodology. The study
finds that, in total, five over-arching and distinct domains
emerged; this manuscript focuses on the following three:
(a) program description, (b) motivation, and
(c) connections with others. The findings suggest that
inmate-caregivers believe they provide a unique and
necessary adaptation to prison-based end-of-life care
resulting in multilevel benefits. These additional perceived
benefits go beyond a marginalized group gaining access to
patient-centered end-of-life care and include potential
inmate-caregiver rehabilitation, correctional medical staff feeling
supported, and correctional facilities meeting
end-of-life care mandates. Additional research is imperative
to work toward greater standardization of and access to end-of-life
care for the incarcerated.
Full paper available from: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0269216318755624?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3dpubmed
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