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Recognising and assessing pain in people with dementia
Author(s)Amanda Thompsell, Nicola Easton
Journal titleJournal of Dementia Care, vol 20, no 2, March/April 2012
PublisherHawker Publications, March/April 2012
Pagespp 24-25
Sourcewww.careinfo.org
KeywordsDementia ; Pain ; Diagnosis ; Screening ; Evaluation.
AnnotationEvidence suggests that unless pain is routinely assessed, it will not be discovered by care staff. However, pain is more likely to be recognised when using an assessment scale. This article sets out the case for using pain assessment tools regularly when caring for people with dementia. It describes two instruments, the Abbey Pain Scale and the Doloplus-2 Scale, both of which are familiar to many care staff, and presents similarities and differences between them. The article outlines training conducted by the Modernisation Initiative End of Life Care Programme in Lambeth and Southwark, London, for care staff using the two scales to assess patients and interpret the results. Building pain assessment into existing care systems and using an instrument to assess pain regularly makes it more likely that pain will be detected and acted upon. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-130322238 A
ClassmarkEA: CT7: LK7: 3V: 4C

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