tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post5903410860496057568..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: 'Life, With Dementia'Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-60421990073825441712012-03-27T07:03:48.731-05:002012-03-27T07:03:48.731-05:00Prison Doc, glad to see your hanging in there also...Prison Doc, glad to see your hanging in there also. I'm not opposed to working for TDCJ again but not sure what kind of changes they will make. The uncertainty isn't stressing me out much because I'm way to busy to think about it much. After the last 3 yrs I don't believe anything until it happens.<br /><br />Dementia-I don't think anyone is prepared for the increase in volume of offenders who will require long term care as it stands now they have to be pretty bad off dementia wise before they can be shipped to a unit that can take care of them and then once they get approved a bed has to come open before they can go and that wait is to long in some instances so often they end up having to be sent to Skyview (mental hosp. unit) Not enough beds anywhere for special needs offenders. We have so many inmates who have damaged their brains with meth and other substance most are young and have health problems you would not normally see in one so young so no telling how old they will be when some sort of dementia begins I would speculate they are very high risk for earlier than normal dementia like symptoms since they already have mental health issues due to drugs.Nurseypoohnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-62188593088838496812012-03-26T20:57:48.130-05:002012-03-26T20:57:48.130-05:00Yeah Nurseypooh glad to see you're still out t...Yeah Nurseypooh glad to see you're still out there; things miserable at our unit too. Short staffed, everybody pissed off, worst thing is that nobody has any feeling of hope for improvement in the foreseeable future.Prison Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03651611135066437902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-25708162669548421892012-03-26T18:34:50.327-05:002012-03-26T18:34:50.327-05:00So true:
Point in case.
Our unit received an inmat...So true:<br />Point in case.<br />Our unit received an inmate 50 yr old, Insulin dependent diabetic, htn, CHF, COPD, Asthma, Obese the list goes on and on she got 10 yrs for theft of some sort and she had 2 priors when she was 18 and 20. My feeling is the taxpayers would have been better off to have put him or her on some kind of house arrest probation, ankle monitoring system etc.him or her healthcare is going to cost a lot during this ten years. I doubt he will be able to tolerate the heat which is coming this summer.<br /><br />Word is UTMB is going to turn us back over to TDCJ in August we are very short handed and have submitted several applicants to be cleared but no word for over a month now I think they're going to just not hire anyone and let us just try to make it with what we've got to save money. I'm tired!Nurseypoohnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-27184996971344411062012-03-26T16:47:22.048-05:002012-03-26T16:47:22.048-05:00Rev. Charles' point is a very good one, "...Rev. Charles' point is a very good one, "compassionate release" often isn't very compassionate at all. Many of these guys are estranged from or deserted by their families and have nowhere to go, except for perhaps another state agency.Prison Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03651611135066437902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-17980872759037220342012-03-26T14:07:53.596-05:002012-03-26T14:07:53.596-05:00For every LWOP sentence, Lee, there are a dozen or...For every LWOP sentence, Lee, there are a dozen or more Very Long Sentences that are not formally LWOP but will still keep the defendant there into their twilight years. LWOP is relatively new, but even regular, parole-eligible "life" sentences stack up. Parole eligible doesn't mean they WILL be paroled, only that it's a theoretical possibility.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58519169318986136532012-03-26T12:32:17.234-05:002012-03-26T12:32:17.234-05:00Scott, I am not fan of the death penalty but isnt ...Scott, I am not fan of the death penalty but isnt this the result of the life without parole? I am perfectly content with welding the cage shut.Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-62782079707530284052012-03-26T10:42:58.428-05:002012-03-26T10:42:58.428-05:00The state(s) should not be able to shuck the finan...The state(s) should not be able to shuck the financial responsibility for these aged and ill people by simply granting them release in any form. We put them there; we shouldn't simply put the burden of care on their families when they are physically or mentally incapacitated.<br /><br />Rev. Charlesckikerintuliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02670661043872744115noreply@blogger.com