GOLTC Webinar: Global Harmonisation of Pain Outcome Measurement for Better Care in Long-Term Care Facilities and Beyond

Description

Pain is connected with emotional, cognitive, and behavioural disorders as well as functional issues. People living in long-term care facilities are often living with dementia or cognitive impairment, frailty and multiple comorbid conditions and can experience complex forms of pain. They are likely to experience issues with mental capacity and communication which can impact on their ability to articulate their pain and how this impacts upon them this has a significant impact on all aspects of their life and well-being. A person living with dementia may exhibit distressed behaviours as a result of experiencing pain and all too often this is considered indicative of a symptom of dementia as opposed to a manifestiation of unmanaged pain. Focusing on improving the identification, assessment and management of pain in residents living in long-term care is of the utmost importance.

The webinar will cover:

1. Introduction to the Global Observatory of Long-Term care (Adelina Comas-Herrera, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, LSE, UK).

2. Introduction to the GOLTC Pain in Care homes Interest Group

• Dr. Zena Aldridge: Social Care Nurse Fellow NIHR, UK

• Dr. Manuela Hoedl: Medical University of Graz

• Prof. Sandra Zwakhalen: Maastricht University, Netherlands

3. Presentations

a) Developing consensus on core outcome sets of domains for acute, the transition from acute to chronic, recurrent/episodic, and chronic pain: results of the INTEGRATE-pain Delphi process. Giulia Bova (National Institute of Health, NINDS, UK)

b) Discussion: Which COS can be integrated in Long-term care? What are the perquisites? What can be challenges.

4. Q & A: Ideas/ further plans for improving pain management?

5. Discussion about the Interest Group next steps led by the steering group members.

This webinar is free to attend with pre-registration.