Unrelieved pain in children has several undesirable physical and psychological consequences in the short and longer term. Other effects of unrelieved pain include prolonged hospital stays, more ...

Pain assessment in elderly nursing home residents can be a challenge, as over half of these individuals have dementia, and many are unable to self-report pain. Zwakhalen et al. conducted a systematic ...

We know very little about the incidence of pain among the elderly in nursing homes. In Norway, no requirement is in place for pain to be assessed before or during nursing home admission, nor once a ...

Accurate assessment of acute pain is essential for the development of an effective pain management plan. Nurses play a pivotal role in the assessment of pain, owing to the nature of their relationship ...

The following is an installment of the "Try This" series published by the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing. The content is intended to encourage nurses to understand the ...

Many elderly people experience pain and regularly take analgesic medication. Pain is also frequent in people with dementia, particularly those with severe disease. As no robust clinical guidelines are ...

Pain often goes undiagnosed in people with learning disabilities, but a pain picture developed with the involvement of the person’s family is an effective pain assessment tool. This article comes with ...

While nursing home residents suffer from pain, anxiety and other distressing symptoms, they are unable to communicate their discomfort due to cognitive impairments. With electronic health records ...

Have you ever been asked to rate your pain on a scale of one to 10? Or been shown a chart with different cartoon emoticons, where you are asked to choose one to describe your pain levels? Pain ...

Many dementia patients are being treated with antipsychotic medications, but a new study by researchers in Norway and the UK shows that simple pain relievers may be a better alternative. Many dementia ...

Advanced Osteosarcoma, Pain Management, Comfort Care, Influencing Factors, Multimodal Analgesia Share and Cite: Gu, Y. and ...