Dementia

Recent findings in dementia described by J. Cohenmansfield and colleagues

Published in Mental Health Law Weekly, April 26th, 2008

According to recent research from the United States, "Persons with dementia have difficulty communicating, which has led to the underdetection and undertreatment of pain in this population. In this paper, we compare pain assessments using 3 different measurement types: self-report, informant rating, and observational assessments."

"Participants were 153 nursing home residents from 4 nursing homes. Four different self-report assessments were compared with 3 observational scales and 2 informant-based assessments, which included 3 summary rating scales. Only 60% of participants were able to complete atleast 1 of the self-report assessments. The strongest correlations...

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Source: Mental Health Law Weekly (2008-04-26)

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