Pain Management in Aged Care

Chronic pain; making invisible pain visible. Learn how to identify older Australians experiencing chronic pain and communicate with the multi-disciplinary team who can provide support.

Category

Aged Care (Residential Care)

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Healthy Aging

Author

Lee Botte

Endorser

Rebecca Warburton

Description

Being a personal care worker entails assisting older Australians who are in pain. By carrying out pain assessment methods, learners will be able to apply support measures for older Australians who are in pain. Learners will also focus on how to assess various pains in older Australians and how to use certain techniques and tools to help with pain management.

Learning Objectives

By completion of this question set, learners will be able to:

  • Carry out pain assessment procedures.
  • Implement support strategies where pain is identified.

Questions
  1. Assess ischemic pain
  2. Assessment Tools
  3. Assess pain
  4. Impacts of pain
  5. Acute vs Chronic
  6. Transferring older Australians in pain
  7. Cancer related pain
  8. Conventional and CAM therapies

Pain Management in Aged Care

Chronic pain; making invisible pain visible. Learn how to identify older Australians experiencing chronic pain and communicate with the multi-disciplinary team who can provide support.

Category

Aged Care (Residential Care)

Healthy Aging

Audience

Aged Care (Residential Care)

Endorser

Rebecca Warburton

Registered Nurse

Author

Lee Botte

FMN Author

Audio Support

Yes

No