Table 4 Training programme recommendations
From: Pain assessment and management in care homes: understanding the context through a scoping review
Suggested items for training programme inclusion | |
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• Generic pain education, including the exploration of attitudes, barriers and beliefs (open to all relevant staff, including GPs, care assistants etc) • The use of analgesia in older people – dosages, side effects, and monitoring, including the use of opioids • Recognition and treatment of pain for people with cognitive impairment • The use and interpretation of pain assessment tools, and subsequent treatment • Non-pharmacological pain treatments instead of, or in conjunction with, analgesic medication |