Can adding a standardized observational tool to interdisciplinary evaluation enhance the detection of pain in older adults with cognitive impairments?

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-41

  Apinis, Catherine ^a   Tousignant, Michel ^a,b   Arcand, Marcel ^a   Tousignant Laflamme, Yannick ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Dementia; Long term care facilities; PACSLAC; Pain assessment; PAINAD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MOVEMENT; BREATHING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST FOR SENIORS WITH LIMITED ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE; PAIN ASSESSMENT IN ADVANCED DEMENTIA; SLEEP; VERY ELDERLY; VOCALIZATION;

AGING; DEMENTIA; LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES; PACSLAC; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAINAD;

AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; CRYING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; KINESICS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RESPIRATION;

EID: 84892546378     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12297     Document Type: Article

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