The silent epidemic of chronic pain in older adults

AF Domenichiello, CE Ramsden - Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Chronic pain is highly prevalent among older adults where it is associated with significant
suffering, disability, social isolation, and greater costs and burden to health care systems …

Identifying and managing pain in people with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia: a systematic review

BS Husebo, W Achterberg, E Flo - CNS drugs, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background and Objective Pain in patients with Alzheimer's disease is a complex
issue; these patients suffer from the common causes of acute and chronic pain, and some …

[HTML][HTML] Behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia

N Cloak, Y Al Khalili - 2019 - europepmc.org
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Polypharmacy and inappropriate medication use in patients with dementia: an underresearched problem

C Parsons - Therapeutic advances in drug safety, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Multimorbidity and polypharmacy are increasingly prevalent across healthcare systems and
settings as global demographic trends shift towards increased proportions of older people in …

Pain, aging and dementia: Towards a biopsychosocial model

L Gagliese, LR Gauthier, N Narain… - Progress in Neuro …, 2018 - Elsevier
Dementia is a progressive disease associated with irreversible impairment and loss of
cognitive abilities. About half of older people with dementia experience pain. In this paper …

Pain assessment and pain treatment for community‐dwelling people with dementia: A systematic review and narrative synthesis

L Bullock, J Bedson, JL Jordan… - … journal of geriatric …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To describe the current literature on pain assessment and pain treatment for
community‐dwelling people with dementia. Method A comprehensive systematic search of …

Barriers to optimising prescribing and deprescribing in older adults with dementia: a narrative review

E Reeve, J Simon Bell… - Current clinical …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Older adults with dementia commonly have multiple chronic conditions that prompt clinicians
to prescribe medications. While dementia is a life-limiting disease, progression from mild …

Pain in neurodegenerative disease: current knowledge and future perspectives

M de Tommaso, L Arendt-Nielsen, R Defrin… - Behavioural …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Neurodegenerative diseases are going to increase as the life expectancy is getting longer.
The management of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and …

[BOOK][B] International and national quality and safety indicators for aged care: Report for the Royal Commission into aged care quality and safety

GE Caughey, CE Lang, SC Bray, M Moldovan… - 2020 - researchnow.flinders.edu.au
Improving the quality and safety of care for older people living in aged care settings is a key
imperative for national health and social care systems globally. Quality and safety indicator …

Baduan** exercise for adults aged 65 years and older: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies

C Jones, M Qi, Z **e, W Moyle… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This study performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the health effects of
Baduan** exercise on adults aged 65 years and older. Chinese and English databases …