We know very little about the incidence of pain among the elderly in nursing homes. In Norway, no requirement is in place for pain to be assessed before or during nursing home admission, nor once a ...

A tool that was once used to examine the intensity and frequency of pain in dementia patients following their death has been revamped to help skilled nursing facilities deliver palliative care to ...

The Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia Scale (PAINAD) was developed to assess pain and reduce the likelihood that it is unrecognized and untreated. It's easy to learn and use by people without prior ...

The anti-seizure drug gabapentin is used to treat epilepsy, nerve pain after shingles and restless legs syndrome by affecting chemical messengers in the brain and nerves. Common side effects include ...

Chronic pain, such as arthritis, cancer or back pain, lasting for over three months, raises the risk of cognitive decline and dementia, a new study found. The hippocampus, a brain structure highly ...

UC San Diego researchers found a blood-based biomarker can predict a woman's risk of developing dementia as many as 25 years before symptoms appear, according to a paper published Tuesday.

Gabapentin is an anti-seizure drug that is used to treat nerve pain, epilepsy after shingles and restless legs syndrome by affecting the chemical messengers in the brain and nerves. With every drug ...

Dementia isn’t a specific disease. Instead, it describes a collection of symptoms that affect a person’s thinking and social abilities enough to interfere with daily life. There are more than 55 ...