Hospice News January 16, 2025
Swelling incarcerated aging populations with unmet end-of-life care needs are straining prison systems worldwide. Recent research has uncovered some of the common strategies to address the issue that are being employed across the globe.
More countries have adopted peer caregiving as a way to provide improved support for terminally ill incarcerated individuals, according to researcher Barry Ashpole. Ashpole has been an educator and communication consultant in hospice and palliative care since the 1980s. He previously served as a board member for the International Association of Hospice & Palliative Care (IAHPC), compiling its monthly Literature Search journal.
Hospice communities have increasingly forged collaborations to provide caregiving training programs in prison systems throughout the United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand and Germany,...
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