The management of pain in older people : a workbook / Pat Schofield, Barry Aveyard, Catherine Black.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schofield, Pat (Patricia A.)

Contributor:

Aveyard, Barry.

Black, Catherine.

Series:

Skills for Caring

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pain in old age.

Older people--Care.

Older people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (93 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Keswick [England] : M&K Update, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A workbook designed to give you a basic introduction into the issues around pain in older people. It explores the size and nature of the problem along with practical assessment and management approaches and will help you to think about the issues in your own area of practice. it is not designed to make you an expert in pain management, but to increase your awareness of the complexity of the pain experience when working with older adults and to help you to understand the need for a creative and innovative approach to dealing with the person in your care who may be in pain.

Contents:

Prelims; Table of contents; About the authors; Introduction; Chapter 1 Epidemiology of pain in the older adult; Chapter 2 Physiological and biochemical changes; Chapter 3 The importance of communication; Chapter 4 Assessment of pain; Chapter 5 The role of the multidisciplinary team; Chapter 6 Pharmacological management of pain; Chapter 7 Snoezelen or 'sensory environments; Chapter 8 Cancer pain management in the older person; Chapter 9 Non-pharmacological approaches to pain management in the older person; Appendix 1: Case studies; Appendix 2: Test your knowledge; Word search

Appendix 3: Further reading and resources

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-907830-22-7

OCLC:

726825854