Pain Management in Long-Term Care – Medical Providers
Educational Phase 2: Advanced Geriatric Practice. Pain is undermanaged in older adults. Among U.S. adults 65 years of age and older, 52.9% (18.7 million) report experiencing pain that was bothersome in the last month. Of those, 74.8% report having it in more than one site. Nurses caring for individuals in this population sometimes lack the