Date of Award

Summer 8-20-2016

Document Type

Doctoral Research Paper

Degree Name

Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology

Organizational Unit

Graduate School of Professional Psychology

First Advisor

Lavita Nadkarni

Second Advisor

Michael Karson

Third Advisor

Diane Guerra

Copyright Statement / License for Reuse

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Keywords

Dementia, Inmates, Correctional health, Training correctional officers

Abstract

Dementia is a significant public health problem that is occurring behind bars. However, the number of inmates suffering from this disease is unknown (Feczko, 2014). Current research has exposed a serious gap in correctional health care for older adults, and correctional institutions are being encouraged to make changes to better address the needs of this population (Fellner, 2012; OIG, 2016; Williams, Stern, Mellow, Safer, & Greifinger, 2012b). The purpose of this paper is to bring awareness to the aging problem behind bars and respond to the identified need for additional training for custodial staff (correctional, parole, and probation officers). Training correctional officers to better understand the population they oversee on a routine basis improves their ability to preserve the safety and security of the correctional environment. Further recommendations are made to specifically adapt the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training model to improve the psychological health of correctional officers and allocate care for inmates (Compton, Bohora, Watson, & Olive, 2008).

Copyright Date

7-12-2016

Publication Statement

Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.

Rights Holder

Rachele Vogel

Provenance

Received from Author

File Format

application/pdf

Language

English (eng)

Extent

35 pgs

File Size

302 KB

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