The Joint Commission, accreditor for thousands of U.S healthcare facilities, is revising pain “assessment and management standards” for behavioral health care, home care and nursing care center ...

A Saint Louis University study finds that routine doses of acetaminophen energize nursing home residents who have moderate to severe dementia and are likely to have chronic pain. Nursing homes should ...

Background: The results of several studies suggest that gaps remain in nurses' knowledge about pain in children, and in particular to pain assessment, analgesic drugs and non-drug methods, suggesting ...