AJN Paper: Managing Older Adults' Chronic Pain: Higher-Risk Interventions
The American Journal of Nursing (AJN), in partnership with the AARP Public Policy Institute, has published a paper, "Managing Older Adults' Chronic Pain: Higher-Risk Interventions."
Chronic pain affects more than a quarter of all older adults and places increased burden on patients and caregivers. To help caregivers and care recipients manage pain effectively, clinicians and nurses can promote treatment plans that integrate self-management and lower-risk methods while safely exploring higher-risk therapies until an optimal treatment regimen is established. Caregiver engagement in this process is crucial to implementing these treatment plans and should be a core part of the conversation. The accompanying video to the article is a poignant conversation about higher-risk treatments for people living with pain and how to weigh risks and benefits.
This article is part of an ongoing series, Supporting Family Caregivers: No Longer Home Alone, published in collaboration with the AARP Public Policy Institute. The AARP Public Policy Institute's No Longer Home Alone video project highlighted how family caregivers aren't given the information they need to manage the complex care regimens of family members. The Home Alone series of articles and accompanying videos aims to help nurses provide caregivers with the tools they need to manage their family member's health care at home.
Read the paper.
Go to AARP Public Policy Institute videos.
Learn more about JAHF's co-support of AARP-led Home Alone Alliance.
Learn more about JAHF's work in supporting family caregivers.
