A Pain Assessment Tool for People With Advanced Alzheimer’s and Other Progressive Dementias
作者:
Patricia Lane,
Marilyn Kuntupis,
Sally MacDonald,
Patricia McCarthy,
Jo Panke,
Victoria Warden,
Ladislav Volicer,
期刊:
Home Healthcare Nurse: The Journal for the Home Care and Hospice Professional
(OVID Available online 2003)
卷期:
Volume 21,
issue 1
页码: 32-37
ISSN:0884-741X
年代: 2003
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Appropriate pain management can only be achieved through accurate pain assessment that is individualized, ongoing, and well documented. Assessment tools must focus on the patient as the authority on pain’s existence and severity; however, self-reports are not feasible when patients lose their ability to verbally communicate. This article describes a scientifically proven pain assessment tool that can be used for patients with advanced dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease.
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