1. The complexity of pain in aged care.
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Holloway, Helen, Parker, Deborah, and McCutcheon, Helen
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FRAIL elderly , *PAIN in old age , *QUALITY of life , *PAIN management , *COMORBIDITY , *PAIN measurement , *FUNCTIONAL assessment - Abstract
Older people living in residential aged care often experience complex persistent pain because of the presence of multiple comorbidities and geriatric syndrome. Complex persistent pain is associated with physical, psychological and emotional burdens. All of these factors can result in existential suffering. Current pain management in aged care is targeted at passive strategies. More consideration needs to be given to how assessment and management of pain in this population can be improved, using a biopsychosocial model, to decrease unnecessary suffering. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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