When you’re in pain, you can usually tell someone about it. But for people with communication difficulties, that isn’t always an option, meaning pain often goes undetected, misinterpreted or wrongly ...

Dementia isn’t a specific disease. Instead, it describes a collection of symptoms that affect a person’s thinking and social abilities enough to interfere with daily life. There are more than 55 ...

Many elderly people experience pain and regularly take analgesic medication. Pain is also frequent in people with dementia, particularly those with severe disease. As no robust clinical guidelines are ...

Dear Mary, You recently wrote something about a person with dementia not understanding when they have pain. How can that be? Dear Reader, For many years, it was believed that individuals living with ...

Pain scales are tools for people to describe the level of pain they experience. Healthcare workers can also use pain scale charts to assess patients. There are several different pain scales, each with ...