Policy Implications for Pain in Advanced Alzheimer's Disease
Untreated pain in people with Alzheimer's disease continues to be a serious public health problem. Pain is a subjective and complex experience that becomes increasingly challenging to assess as cognition declines. Our understanding of pain processing is incomplete, particularly for special populations such as people living with Alzheimer's disease, and especially in the advanced stages of the disease. Pain-processing networks in the brain are altered in Alzheimer's disease, yet evidence suggests people living with Alzheimer's disease do not experience less pain.
Source: Pain Management Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Alison R. Anderson, Karen Hyden, Michelle D. Failla, Michael A. Carter Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
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