What can be done to meet the needs of older people experiencing pain?
It is a myth that older people feel pain less than younger people. They may have more difficulty communicating what they are experiencing, and health-care practitioners need to be aware of different ways of monitoring this. Obstacles include outdated attitudes, the underuse of opioids, and ineffective use of pain measurement scales.
School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, Yorkshire. s.j.closs@leeds.ac.uk
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D000368:Aged; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement; D006113:United Kingdom