Persistent pain is common in older adults, and its consequences are often severe. Self-assessment scales have been validated in older populations and remain the gold standard for the evaluation of ...

A new study by medicine safety experts found the use of gabapentinoids -- medicines widely used to treat neuropathic pain -- increased the risk of hip fractures, especially in older patients who were ...

Acute pain management in the older adult is both challenging and rewarding. This review addresses the difficulty with assessment of pain in the older adult, variations in the pain experience of ...

Health care workers at nursing homes face a major challenge when helping older adults to maintain their oral hygiene. This ...

A large-scale Australian study has found that older adults taking gabapentinoids — a common pain medication for nerve pain and epilepsy — face an increased risk of hip fracture, with ...

Often seen as a safer alternative to opioids for the treatment of neuropathic pain, gabapentinoid use increased eightfold between 2012 and 2018, with one in seven Australians aged 80 and older ...

The study, published today in JAMA Network Open, tracked patients hospitalized for hip fractures in Victoria, Australia from ...

A new study from Monash University in Australia has found that gabapentinoids—commonly used drugs for treating neuropathic ...

Healthcare workers at nursing homes face a major challenge when helping older adults to maintain their oral hygiene.

A recent study presumes that serum creatinine might be a potential biomarker for assessing the presence and severity ... Knee ...

The older adult mental health team provides community mental health services to people aged 65 and over with serious and/or enduring mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia.