Encouraging Best Practice in Residential Aged Care (EBPRAC) Pain Management Resources

Encouraging Best Practice in Residential Aged Care (EBPRAC) Pain Management Project

Associate Professor Stephen Gibson, Kay Ledgerwood (NARI), Prof Rhonda Nay (Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care), Prof Jenny Abbey (Queensland Dementia Collaborative Research Centre), Dr Roger Goucke (Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital), Associate Professor Chris Toye (Edith Cowan University), Prof Linda Kristjanson (Curtin University), Dr Sam Scherer (Royal Freemasons Homes of Victoria)

The Encouraging Best Practice in Residential Aged Care (EBPRAC) Pain Management Project aims to establish an effective and sustainable implementation strategy for pain assessment and management for the residential aged care setting. Funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, the project is led by the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) in a multi-disciplinary partnership of six research organisations, and five residential aged care facilities, across Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland. The participating residential aged care facilities include a mix of high and low care, small and large facilities, metropolitan and regional facilities. For more on the objectives of the EBPRAC project click here.

EBPRAC Pain Management Newsletter Issue 4 April 2009

EBPRAC Pain Management Newsletter Issue 3 Jan 2009

EBPRAC Pain Management Newsletter Issue 2 Sept 2008

EBPRAC Pain Management Newsletter Issue 1 June 2008

Listed below are resources that can assist with pain assessment and management for the residential aged care setting:

Pain in Residential Aged Care Management Strategies

The PMG Kit for Aged Care

Pain Management Flow Chart

Pain Management Poster

Abbey Pain Scale

Aches and Pain Quiz

Myths and Facts about Pain