Nursing Older People Experiencing Pain

Nursing older people experiencing pain

Nursing strategies to assist an older person in pain. How to manage pain in an older person. Management of pharmacological control of pain. An overview of management options for reducing or extinguishing pain in the older person:

• Changes in medications
• Sustained release medicines – how do they work?
• Devices and implantable therapies for pain control
• Physical and psychological therapies used in "pain management"
• Complementary therapies and their particular role in "cancer pain management"
• Relaxation and distraction techniques

Speaker: Dale Long

Previously Dale was the Pain Management Coordinator at Greenslopes Private Hospital Brisbane and prior to that worked in cancer care and palliative care for 15 years. In addition to her considerable clinical and teaching experience, Dale is a member of the Australian Pain Society. Currently she works in the Diagnostic Imaging Unit at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.

Recorded: 8 Feb, 2010
Duration: 60 Mins
Conference: General Aged Care
Session in Conference: Advances in pain management strategies for older people
State: Victoria, Australia

Professional Reviews:

Excellent overview of issues involved in nursing older people experiencing pain. Easily understood and good revision of knowledge base.