Worksheet #7 -- Informal Conversations with Community Members
Community Profile Community as a Whole
How do people seem to feel about the community?
(Give your impression about this if you have not been able to talk
with anyone.)
What do they identify as its strengths & weaknesses?
What problems do they identify?
What are the strengths of this community?
What are the weaknesses of this community?
What potential problems can you identify?
Worksheet #7 DJ/TH
FA2016 NSG 418/420
Often times, people are not aware of the prison, bu
experience:
- Initial is significantly different than now.
- Initial: lack of understanding, surprise kno
sweet, how could they do something to be h
like a nursing home than anything. This isn
- Now: Still a nursing home, but very shitty co
stasis rather than growth where they send
dying. Last stop.
From Volunteer surveys
- Treatment and care limited insight, treated
compassion, or complete opposite.
- Calm demeanor, sympathetic, desire for im
willingness to help others.
Weakness horribly bored, disease and illness sus
Poor care, bad food lack of social opportunities,
pecking order tension and drama. Lack of commu
community.
SUMMARY
- Unique perspectives that they have on life a
it that they have gained by not having freed
to recognize that.
- Survivors, perseverance, resilience havin
themselves.
- What rehabilitation is going on here? Its no
- Lack of resources
- Staff turnover cant ever get changes in p
- The system itself.
- Infection control lack of care blatant apa
coworkers.
- Nursing burnout
 - Lack of founding
- Lack of understanding from the outside wor

Overall, what is your impression of this community?
Is it safe? Is it healthy?
What influenced your opinion?
Its tough but its the bare minimum. The minimum
no emotional or psychological health care needs.
Safe yes, but not healthy.
Opinion See all above and past worksheets.

Worksheet #7 DJ/TH
FA2016 NSG 418/420