How prison hospice can (and should) change your world view | Kori Novak | TEDxEustis

The number one fear expressed by new inmates entering prison is not the fear of being shanked or raped; it's the fear of dying alone in prison. For taxpayers, the cost of caring for ailing and dying inmates in prison is exponentially higher than the healthcare expenses of a healthy inmate. Dr. Kori Novak reveals that teaching prisoners to provide hospice care for their fellow inmates not only lowers costs in the system, but reduces prison violence, lowers recidivism rates, and restores humanity to not only the inmates, but also to those charged with incarcerating them. Dr. Kori Novak is an accomplished Senior Executive with more than 20 years of success spanning healthcare and criminal justice. Dr. Novak’s broad areas of expertise includes elder care, hospice services, thanatology, healthcare strategy and public affairs. Dr. Novak has held leadership positions where she was responsible for achieving change and driving successful collaborations within and outside her fields of expertise. In addition, she is a professor at various universities and is a Sr. Researcher in Gerontology at Oxford University and a Sr. Fellow of Sociology at the School of Law and Social Science at the University of Suffolk in the UK. Dr. Novak attained her Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Ethno-Geriatrics and end of life care (Thanatology) from Stanford University School of Medicine, her Ph.D. in Human Services and Gerontology from Capella University, her MBA from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, and her BA in International Relations and Russian from the University of Denver. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx