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A 10 page consideration of pain treatment in the elderly patient. This paper emphasizes a three-pronged approach to pain management. This approach includes adequate pain assessment, constant monitoring, and the willingness to use both pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention in pain treatment. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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10 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPeldPn2.rtf
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Chronic undertreatment of pain in elderly home-care patients is a growing problem in palliative care
nursing. The propensity for undertreatment goes hand in hand with the growing elder population and the growing isolation of that population as a result of the disintegration of the
extended families of yesterday. Chronic pain is a prevalent part of too many patients lives and, because of a variety of reasons the degree of this pain is not
always effectively communicated from patient to health care provider. Even more unfortunately, too many in the medical establishment are too quick to dismiss an elderly patients complaints of pain
even when they are communicated. A change in practice is obviously necessitated if we are to ethically provide for our patients needs. That change must be based on
the facts, as opposed to the many misperceptions which exist, regarding chronic pain in the elderly patient and must emphasize a three-pronged approach. That approach should include:
1. adequate pain assessment 2. constant monitoring
for potential complications 3. the willingness to utilize both pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions in the treatment of chronic pain.
As the members of our society grow progressively older a larger and larger percentage of the population becomes
categorized as elderly. Winell and Roth (2005), in fact, report that those sixty-five years of age and up comprise the fastest growing segment of our population. Today, partially
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