Practice question
Kate Fleming Lead pain specialist nurse, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Belinda Barnes Lead pain specialist nurse, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Frazer Underwood Consultant nurse for older people, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Pain is a subjective phenomenon that is difficult to measure and often related to the ageing process. Half of older people in the community have pain, this increases to 80% of those in care homes (Jarvis 2014). There are multifactorial difficulties in assessing and managing pain well in older people.
Nursing Older People.
27, 5, 14-14.
doi: 10.7748/nop.27.5.14.s20
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