PAIN IN THE ELDERLY

Authors
HELME RD
Citation
Rd. Helme, PAIN IN THE ELDERLY, Australian journal on ageing, 17(1), 1998, pp. 33-35
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Geiatric & Gerontology
Journal title
Australian journal on ageing → ACNP
ISSN journal
07264240
Volume
17
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Supplement
S
Pages
33 - 35
Database
ISI
SICI code
0726-4240(1998)17:1<33:>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Pain increases in prevalence from early adult years to approximately 6 0 years. Thereafter it seems likely that pain complaint reaches a plat eau and may even decline in extreme old age, Pain in older people is d emonstrably different to that experienced in younger adults, but if al l the dimensions of the pain are recognised, it can be treated as effe ctively.