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Executive Summary

The Management of Persistent Pain in Older Persons will be published in The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, June Supplement Issue, Volume 50, No. 6, pp 1-20.

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This feature is intended as an educational resource for health care professionals only. Consumers should contact their health care provider directly to discuss their specific pain management concerns. If you are interested in obtaining referrals to physicians in your area who are sensitive to the special health care needs of older adults, please call the AGS Foundation for Health in Aging at 1-800-563-4916 or visit http://www.healthinaging.org/public_education/what_is_geriatrics.php

Recently asked questions answered by a member of the AGS Panel on the Management of Persistent Pain in Older Persons: Click Here

Discussion Board

Discuss the issues on the Management of persistent pain with your colleagues - or start your own discussion

• Tables for the Assessment section
• Tables for the Pharmacologic section
• Tables for the Non-Pharmacologic section
• Tables for the Health Systems section

For copies of the following resources feel free to download, print and reproduce as needed from the links below. You may also call the AGS at 800-247-4779 to receive an information packet on the new pain guidelines which includes copies of all patient education resources. For bulk orders, please call the AGS Foundation for Health in Aging at 800-563-4916.

Developed in collaboration with the AGS Foundation for Health in Aging (FHA), these patient education resources are intended to help older adults and their caregivers better manage persistent pain in consultation with their physicians and other health care providers:

• Patient Education Forum (PEF): Frequently asked questions with answers on the assessment and management of persistent pain.
• My Pain Diary: A tool to help describe and keep track of how and when pain is experienced.
• My Medication and Supplement Diary A tool to help record and keep track of all prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications and natural remedies being used.
• Medications for Persistent Pain: An Older Adult's Guide to Safe Use of Pain Medications [COMING SOON!]
• Assessing Pain in Loved Ones With Dementia: This brochure for family members and other caregivers provides advice from the experts on assessing pain in older adults with dementia.
• Eldercare at Home  is the FHA's free comprehensive online guide for family caregivers. Chapter 11 offers an orderly problem-solving approach to managing pain at home and working cooperatively with health care providers.

Pain Guidelines Encourage Vigilance (JAMA)
http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v287n23/ffull/jmn0619-2.html

The development of this guideline was supported by unrestricted educational grants from Janssen Pharmaceutica, McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals, a Division of McNeil-PPC, Inc.; Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.; Pharmacia Corporation; and Purdue Pharma.