resources

Resources for Health Professionals

• Geriatricpain.org provides information on principles on pain assessment and pain management for older adults with cognitive impairment as well as for older adults who are cognitively intact.

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• List of pain assessment tools for older adults with cognitive impairments.
   

• PACSLAC-II

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• Alzheimer Society: How does pain affect people with dementia?

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Covid Vaccination Resources

Clinical Guidelines

• Transforming long-term care pain management in north america: the policy-clinical interface
   

• An interdisciplinary expert consensus statement on assessment of pain in older persons
   

• Pain Assessment in the Patient Unable to Self-Report: Clinical Practice Recommendations in Support of the ASPMN 2019 Position Statement
   

• Guidelines on How to Assess Pain in Dementia

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Web-Based Pain Assessment Training for Long-Term

Care Staff

We offer an interactive web-based program (will not work on mobile devices) for clinicians interested in using the program. The program consists of six training modules each of which takes 10-20 minutes to complete and additional practice of using the Pain Assessment Checklist for Seniors with Limited Ability to Communicate (PACSLAC-II). There may be a small per person cost associated with accessing the program to help cover our costs.

Please contact Janine Beahm for information.

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Resources for Researchers

Below you will find a collection of our resources for researchers.

• Psychometric evaluation of the Orofacial Pain Scale for Non-verbal Individuals as a screening tool for orofacial pain in people with dementia

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• ​The PACSLAC Scales: Observational Pain Assessment Measures to Help Physiotherapists Assess Pain in Patients with Dementia

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• Pain assessment as intervention: A study of older adults with severe dementia

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• Behavioural Pain Assessment Implementation in Long-Term Care Using a Tablet App: Case Series and Quasi-Experimental Design
   

• Pain assessment in elderly adults with dementia

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PACSLAC II - Pain Assessment Checklist for Seniors with Limited Ability to Communicate II

Qualified health professionals interested in reproducing the PACSLAC-II for research or clinical practice, may request permission below.  Permissions are granted free of charge for non-profit uses.

Email

Links to scientific articles of the PACSLAC scales: ​

• Development of PACSLAC-II

• PACSLAC-II

• PACSLAC (Dutch version)

• PACSLAC (French version)

• PACSLAC - II (French version)

• PACSLAC (Japanese version)

• PACSLAC (Korean version)

• PACSLAC-II (Iranian version)

• PACSLAC (Portuguese version)

• PACSLAC (Turkish version)

Resources for Older Adults and Caregivers

Geriatricpain.org offers resources for older adults and caregivers:

• Information and resources for caregivers

• Information and resources for Patients

• Education for patients and families

• Organizations and websites for caregivers and patients

Organizations and websites for caregivers

and patients (Canada)

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• Observing and talking about pain behaviours

• Alzheimer Society of Canada

• Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories

• Alzheimer Society of B.C.

• Alzheimer Society of Manitoba

• Alzheimer Society of Newfoundland and Labrador

• Alzheimer Society of Ontario

• Fédération Québécoise des Sociétés Alzheimer

• Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan

• Alzheimer Society of Prince Edward Island

• Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia 

• Alzheimer Society of New Brunswick

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Resources for Policy Makers

• Provincial legislative and regulatory standards for pain assessment and management in long-term care homes: a scoping review and in-depth case analysis

Webinars

Several of the resources listed below are from the website geriatricpain.org. The website provides valuable information over and above the specific links that are listed below.