At the end of this learning experience, participants will be able to demonstrate the following competencies of pain assessment specific to cognitively impaired older adults:
- Recognize the prevalence of pain and its undertreatment in patients with dementia
- Explain how pain can present differently in someone with dementia compared to someone who is cognitively intact
- Describe challenges in assessing pain in persons with dementia at multiple levels: self-report vs caregiver assessments vs observational assessments
- Justify the need for a multimodal approach to assess pain in cognitively impaired older adults
- Compare three pain assessment scales that can be used in patients with dementia
Acknowledgements
- Grace Wu, MD
- Katherine A Bennett, MD
- Linda Teri, PhD
- Dale Langford, PhD
- Debra B Gordon RN, DNP, FAAN
- University of WA Center of Excellence in Pain Education
