Volume 17, Nos. 1-2 -- 2004
Aging, pain & cancer: The role of geriatrics, oncology and palliative care
An interview with Dr. Janet Abrahm & Dr. Lodovico Balducci
- Diagnosing pain in the older patient
- Diagnosing pain in the older patient with cognitive impairment
- Managing pain in the older cancer patient
Selected analgesic drugs for pain relief in older adults with cancer
Tools and techniques to assess pain and other symptoms in elderly patients
- Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)
- Charlson Scale
- Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) and Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
- Folstein Mini Mental Status (MMS)
- Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)
- Mini Nutritional Assessment
- Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS)
- Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale (MSAS)
- RAI-Palliative Care
Online resources to advance palliative care for seniors
- Palliative Care: A Fact Sheet for Seniors
- End of Life Care for Older People
- Website for Older Adults
- Myths about Pain in the Elderly Debunked
- Survey Shows Older Americans Fearful of Dying in Pain
- Nurses most likely to recognize pain in nursing homes
- Cancer Pain and Palliative Medicine Database Available Online
- Palliative Care & Geriatrics Research Program to Optimize End of Life Care for Seniors
- Online Graduate Courses in Palliative Care in Aged Care
- EPEC Project Offers Geriatric Modules
- Foundations in palliative care
- Geriatric Oncology Consortium
Patient education
Professional education
Recent books about aging, pain and palliative care
RESEARCH IN CANCER PAIN AND PALLIATIVE CARE
Recent evidence about pain, aging, and long-term care
- Pain is the most common and severe symptom in elderly cancer patients
- Preliminary evidence shows age differences in the experience of cancer pain
- Nurse managers identify multiple barriers to chronic pain management in nursing homes
- Pain occurs daily, remains untreated among elderly patients in community settings
- Scales help diagnose pain of elderly nursing home residents
- ADD Protocol helps diagnose physical and affective pain in elderly with dementia
- Minimum Data Set: inadequate to diagnose pain in demented elderly in the US
- Steps to treat pain in elderly cancer patients
- Lack of pain management policies and absence of standardized pain assessment tools are shortcomings in nursing homes
- Uneven perceptions of end of life care by health professionals may hurt patient care
- Older people are prescribed inappropriate pain relievers