Hospice

Medical students at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine volunteer to sit with hospice patients at Allied Services’ hospice centers in Wilkes-Barre and Scranton through the No One Dies Alone program.

Volunteers at Allied Services sew stuffed bears and pillows using clothes belonging to people who died in hospice to give to the deceased’s family members and friends in Northeast Pennsylvania.

WVIA News' Roger DuPuis and Lydia McFarlane talk about SCI Waymart's program that trains inmates to work in facility's hospice care program.

Today, inmates care for other inmates at the end of their lives at SCI Waymart. And in Scranton, a new garden appeals to more senses than sight.

SCI Waymart is one of two Pennsylvania prisons with a personal care unit for inmates. As a result, its population is older than most of the Commonwealth’s prisons. Administrators recently revamped its hospice program, a volunteer-based program that allows inmates to get trained in hospice care for other inmates at the end of their lives.