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 …

Previous studies have suggested that pain in older people with dementia is often
underestimated and undertreated in acute hospitals. Undermanaged pain negatively affects …

Symptoms suggesting altered processing of pain and temperature have been described in
dementia diseases and may contribute importantly to clinical phenotypes, particularly in the …

How pain leaves its lasting mark on the memories of individuals has long fascinated
psychologists and philosophers. 23, 30 The importance of memory for pain lies in its role in …

Objectives: Facial expression may be a surrogate marker of pain in Alzheimer disease (AD)
when self-report of pain is compromised. Recent studies have demonstrated increased pain …

Objective To compare autonomic, behavioral, and subjective pain responses of patients with
Alzheimer's disease (AD) to those of healthy seniors (HS). As few studies have examined …

Self-report pain assessment tools are commonly used in clinical settings to determine
patients' pain intensity. The Iowa Pain Thermometer (IPT) is a tool that was developed for …

Background Pain continues to be a significant problem for older adults worldwide and a
challenge for health care clinicians and researchers in assuring accurate identification and …

Results: The FPAS was significantly correlated (ρ= 0.72–0.87; P<. 001) with the numeric
pain rating scale and visual analog scale in cognitively intact patients but not the cognitively …

Background. Validity of pain recall is questioned in research. Objective. To evaluate the
reliability of pain intensity recall for seniors in an emergency department (ED). Methods. This …