External Pain Resources for Clinicians
Links to organizations that have resources and supports for clinicians working in nursing homes caring for older persons.
Pain Focused Organizations:
American Society for Pain Management Nursing
Center to Advance Palliative Care: Pain Management
National Pain Strategy Report | IPRCC (nih.gov)
U.S. Pain Foundation - serving patients with chronic pain (uspainfoundation.org)
International Association for the Study of Pain | IASP (iasp-pain.org)
Geriatric Focused Organizations:
A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional
AARP Resources for Caregivers and their Families
American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators (AANAC)
American Geriatrics Society (AGS)
- Geriatric Care Online -AGS Resource Store
- Geriatrics At Your Fingertips
- Mobile App - [iTunes App] [Google Play]
- Geriatric Nursing Review Syllabus: Pain Management
- Geriatrics At Your Fingertips
American Health Care Association (AHCA)
American Medical Directors Association (AMDA)
AO Trauma Orthogeriatrics App (mobile app with a decision tree for assessing and managing geriatric post-surgical pain) [Google Play] [iTunes App]
Barbara and Richard Csomay Center for Gerontological Excellence
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Dementia Society of America | Information Support Research
Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA) (formerly NCGNP)
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
iDelirium | American Delirium Society
Memory Care: Resources for Veterans
National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care (NADONA)
National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) (ahcancal.org)
National Nursing Home Quality Improvement Campaign (NNHQI) (formerly Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes)
The Gerontological Society of America
The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing (NIGN)
- Consult GeriRN (e-learning portal)
The John A. Hartford Foundation | Improving Care for Older Adults
The National Council on Aging (NCOA)
The Society For Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine
What Is an Age-Friendly Health System? | IHI - Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Site Resources
Assessment
Booker, S.Q., Baker, T., Epps, F., Herr, K., Young, H. & Fishman, S. (2022). Interrupting biases in the experience and management of pain for diverse racial and ethnic family caregivers. American Journal of Nursing, 122(9), 48-54. DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000874120.95373.40.
Booker, S.Q., Nakad, L. & Herr, K. (2021). Pain assessment and management in older adults. American Nurse. 15(12), 8-11.
Herr, K., Booker, S., Nakad, L., & Derrico, D. (2023). Chapter 44. Geriatric Pain Management. In Benzon, H., Rathmell, J., Wu, C., Turk, D., Argoff, C., Hurley, R. & Chadwick, A. (Eds.) Practical Management of Pain 6th edition. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.
Herr, K., Coyne, P., Ely, E., Gélinas, C., & Manworren, R. (2019). Pain assessment in the patient unable to self-report: Clinical practice recommendations in support of the ASPMN 2019 Position Statement. Pain Management Nursing, 20(5), 404-417. PMID: 31610992 doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2019.07.005.
Horgas, A., Bruckenthal, P., Chen, S., Herr, K., Young, H. & Fishman, S. (2022). Pain assessment in older adults-supporting family caregivers. American Journal of Nursing. 122 (12), 42-48. doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000904092.01070.20.
Reuben, D., Herr, K., Pacala, J., Pollack, B., Potter, J., & Semla, T. (2023). Geriatrics at Your Fingertips: 2023. 25th Edition. New York: American Geriatrics Society.
Non-Pharmacologic Interventions
Arnstein, P., Shade, M., Herr, K., Young, H. & Fishman, S. (2023). Supporting caregivers who manage older adults’ chronic pain: Lower risk strategies. American Journal of Nursing, 123(2), 46-52. doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000919740.00088.93.
Benham S, et al. Immersive virtual reality for the management of pain in community-dwelling older adults. OTJR (Thorofare N J) 2019;39(2):90-6.
Herr, K., Booker, S., Nakad, L., & Derrico, D. (2023). Chapter 44. Geriatric Pain Management. In Benzon, H., Rathmell, J., Wu, C., Turk, D., Argoff, C., Hurley, R. & Chadwick, A. (Eds.) Practical Management of Pain 6th edition. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.
Hsu HF, et al. The effect of music interventions on chronic pain experienced by older adults: a systematic review. J Nurs Scholars 2022;54(1):64-71.
Kolasinski et al (2020). 2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation Guideline for the Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Hip and Knee. Arthritis & Rheumatology, 72(2), 220-233. Dol:10.1002/art.41142.
Lenoir D, et al. Acupuncture versus sham acupuncture: a metaanalysis on evidence for longer-term effects of acupuncture in musculoskeletal disorders. Clin J Pain 2020;36(7):533-49.
Qaseem et al (2022). Nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic management of acute pain from non-low back, musculoskeletal injuries in adults: a clinical guideline from the American College of Physicians and American Academy of Family Physicians. Annals of internal medicine, 173(9), 739–748.
Schofield et al (2022) Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on the management of pain in older people—a summary report. British J of Pain, 16(1), 6-13, doi:10.1177/2049463720976155.
Pharmacologic Interventions
2023 American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria Update Expert Panel (2023). American Geriatrics Society 2023 AGS Beers Criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults. JAGS, dol:10.1111/jgs.18372.
Arnstein, P., Shade, M., Herr, K., Young, H. & Fishman, S. (2023). Supporting caregivers who manage older adults’ chronic pain: Lower risk strategies. American Journal of Nursing, 123(2), 46-52. doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000919740.00088.93.
Arnstein, P., Shade, M., Herr, K., Young, H. & Fishman, S. (2023). Supporting caregivers who manage older adults’ chronic pain: Higher risk strategies. American Journal of Nursing, 123(4):56-61. Open Access
Herr, K., Booker, S., Nakad, L., & Derrico, D. (2023). Chapter 44. Geriatric Pain Management. In Benzon, H., Rathmell, J., Wu, C., Turk, D., Argoff, C., Hurley, R. & Chadwick, A. (Eds.) Practical Management of Pain 6th edition. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.
Qaseem et al (2022). Nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic management of acute pain from non-low back, musculoskeletal injuries in adults: a clinical guideline from the American College of Physicians and American Academy of Family Physicians. Annals of internal medicine, 173(9), 739–748.
Reuben, D., Herr, K., Pacala, J., Pollack, B., Potter, J., & Semla, T. (2023). Geriatrics at Your Fingertips: 2023. 25th Edition. New York: American Geriatrics Society.
Schofield et al (2022) Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on the management of pain in older people—a summary report. British J of Pain, 16(1), 6-13, doi:10.1177/2049463720976155.
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