title: Treating Pain in Dementia--Are We Good Enough?
abstract: Up to 80% of nursing home residents may be experiencing pain; however, in many cases their pain is not diagnosed and/or treated. People with moderate to severe dementia may have impaired communication, and this can impact on their self-report of pain. Drug treatment should be used cautiously. --This report is adapted from paineurope 2015; Issue 1, ©Haymarket Medical Publications Ltd., and is presented with permission. paineurope is provided as a service to pain management by Mundipharma International, Ltd., and is distributed free of charge to health care professionals in Europe. Archival issues can be viewed via the Web site: www.paineurope.com , at which health professionals can find links to the original articles and request copies of the quarterly publication and access additional pain education and pain management resources.
authors: Elisabeth
authors: E
authors: Flo
authors: Bettina
authors: B
authors: Husebø
mesh_terms: D003704:Dementia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods
keywords: MOBID-2 scale; communication; dementia; pain; pharmacotherapy