PREPARATION OF EMPLOYEES OF PRISONS TO WORK WITH PRISONERS SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC DISEASES - A CHALLENGE OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Abstract

Chronic diseases such as allergy, bronchial asthma and diabetes are considerate to be civilization diseases. The number of people living with these diagnosed disorders increase significantly every year. As a consequence the amount of people struggling with these diseases also tend to increase in various types of rehabilitation centres and prisons. This fact generates a necessity of pedagogical preparation of the staff, working with people subjected to social rehabilitation and suffering from civilization diseases. It is therefore necessary to change the future of higher education offered to people who will take up employment in various rehabilitation centres. All above issues should be taken into consideration while organising additional courses and
trainings for working staff of the Prison Service. It is necessary to postulate the introduction of additional learning outcomes for students of social rehabilitation. This should include prevention and assistance to people in prison isolation, who are also suffering from asthma, allergy and diabetes. It will require to implement into the curriculum the subjects with certain number of hours of lectures and tutorials. Well selected content is a key to prepare students responsibly for future work with those, who are suffering from chronic diseases simultaneously staying in isolation in various centres.