The Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia Scale (PAINAD) was developed to assess pain and reduce the likelihood that it is unrecognized and untreated.

The understanding of how pain, as an experiential and behavioral phenomenon, is related to nociception has traditionally been hindered by two concepts: until the mid-1900s, the cerebral cortex was ...

Assessment of pain in people with severe dementia is difficult, but by using observational measures (rather than relying on self-reporting) we may be able to make a reasonable assessment of pain ...

A new study has shown that pain in people with dementia when admitted to hospital is underreported, which leads to symptoms worsening.. Pain is commonly under-detected and under-treated in people with ...

Saliva: A means to detect pain in people with dementia Date: December 12, 2023 Source: University of Córdoba Summary: A research team has determined the presence of two pain biomarkers and their ...

Living in pain leads to faster cognitive decline and later dementia, a new study revealed, and the risk rises if you have pain in more than one part of the body. CNN values your feedback 1.

From Care and Cure magazine, find out why pain in people with dementia is underreported in hospitals. A new study has shown that pain in people with dementia when admitted to hospital is underreported ...

No significant association between the severity of pain intensity and severity of dementia symptoms was observed; however, more severe pain was reported by individuals with moderate (25%) and ...

AIDS dementia complex is caused by the HIV virus itself, not by the opportunistic infections that commonly occur in advanced HIV. We do not know exactly how the virus damages brain cells. HIV may ...