Pain Assessment and Management

Assessing Pain In Older Adults
http://www.hartfordign.org/publications/trythis/issue07.pdf
This tool is available from the John A. Hartford Institute of Geriatric Nursing and Alzheimer's Association's "Try This" series. It provides different ways of assessing pain in older adults.

Video: http://www.nursingcenter.com/prodev/ce_article.asp?tid=799141
Article: http://www.nursingcenter.com/prodev/ce_article.asp?tid=799083 (AJN, June 2008)

Assessing Pain in Persons with Dementia
http://www.hartfordign.org/publications/trythis/assessingPain.pdf
From the John A. Hartford Institute of Geriatric Nursing and Alzheimer's Association's "Try This" series, this provides information on different tools used as ways of assessing pain in persons with dementia.

The Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale
http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/centers/hcgne/gero_tips/PDF_files/pain.pdf
The Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale is available from GERO T.I.P.S. Online, sponsored by Penn Nursing and the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence.

Pain Management in Older Adults
www.consultgerirn.org
Good overview of pain assessment, management and evaluation in older adults. Select pain from the geriatric topics.

Pain Assessment Tools
http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/igec/tools/categoryMenu.asp?categoryID=7

Improving Pain Management: Implementation Guide
http://www.nhqualitycampaign.org/files/im/3&4_Pain_TAW_Guide.pdf

Myth Busting: The Pain Issue
http://www.rgpc.ca/best/BP%20Blogger-Pain%20Jan%202007.pdf

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