Dr. Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, was recently invited to present over Zoom to the Alzheimers Society of Alberta and North West Territories

There is a shortage of clinicians and scientists with expertise in geriatrics and gerontology.

The PACSLAC Pain in Dementia Scales are Multilingual

My friend and colleague Dr. Judith Watt-Watson, a Professor Emerita from the University of Toronto, published an article back in 2009...

I do not remember another extended time period during my lifetime when long-term care (LTC) has received as much media attention as it...

Tom Kitwood was among the first to recognize the importance of personhood in the care of people with dementia. In simple terms,...

Over the years our team has investigated the impact of stereotypes in judgements of another’s pain. First we studied these phenomena in...

As many as 80% of long-term care residents suffer from pain. And yet this pain is underrecognized and undertreated, at least in part,...

The PACSLAC-II scale is an observational tool designed to help nursing staff evaluate pain in people with dementia who may have limited...

Long-term care homes and frail older adults with dementia have been hit especially hard by the COVID-19 pandemic

During the unrolling of COVID-19 vaccination programs across Canada, it was a pleasure to collaborate with the Canadian Institute of...

Her pain was more emotional than physical but yet very real.

People with advanced dementia have difficulties verbalizing their distress and often respond to this in physical ways

Undetected and untreated pain among a patient with moderate to severe dementia can lead to a host of unwelcome consequences.

MEDIA RELEASE On October 1st, 2020 - International Day for Older Persons. The #SeePainMoreClearly Awareness Campaign Launches