Checklist of Nonverbal Indicators of Chronic Pain in Elderly Residents

Allison H. Burfield, RN, MSN, PhD; James W. Cooper, RPh, PhD, BCPS,,Allison H. Burfield, RN, MSN, PhD, is assistant professor, School of Nursing, College of Health and Human Services, and affiliate faculty in Gerontology and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar (2013-2016), University of North Carolina, Charlotte. She can be reached at aburfiel@uncc.edu.,,James W. Cooper, RPh, PhD, BCPS, is emeritus professor of pharmacy and a consultant pharmacist, The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, Athens, and formerly clinical assistant professor of family medicine, The Medical College of Georgia (now Georgia Health Sciences University), Augusta. He can be reached at jwcooper@uga.edu.

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Checklist of Nonverbal Indicators of Chronic Pain in Elderly Residents

May 2014

Based on a pain recognition study conducted by the authors in their article, "Assessing Pain and Falls Risk in Residents With Cognitive Impairment: Associated Problems With Overlooked Assessments", they developed a checklist that healthcare providers can use to identify nonverbal cues of chronic pain in elderly residents. The use of such an instrument may serve to better identify those cognitively impaired persons who may benefit from a pain management plan.

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