Highly Qualified Personnel
Project Overview
Despite its high frequency, pain in older adults is under-assessed and undermanaged. Seniors with severe dementia have difficulty communicating the subjective state of pain due to cognitive impairment. Pain in this population leads to responsive behaviours that are often misattributed to psychiatric disturbances, resulting treatment psychotropic rather than analgesic medication. Psychotropic medication has been shown to hasten death and increases fall risk. Our work will improve pain care in older adults with dementia who have limited ability to communicate their pain. We are working on the following technologies and areas:
- Development of computer vision systems to monitor pain behaviours and warn long-term care (LTC) staff when pain appears to be present in seniors with severe dementia. This improved diagnostic tool is intended to work as LTC residents go about their daily routines.
- Tablet app development and refinement to facilitate the monitoring and recording of pain behaviours by LTC staff;
- Refinement and dissemination of interactive web-based platforms capable of providing cutting edge pain education to LTC staff in rural and remote areas;
- Public policy and large scale knowledge mobilization to facilitate adoption of our solutions and to address practice and policy gaps in senior care.
Outputs
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Category |
Date |
Authors |
#SeePainMoreClearly (Discourse Magazine Interview)Interview about the #SeePainMoreClearly knowledge mobilization campaign. University of Regina | KTEE - Knowledge Mobilization | 2019-12-16 | Thomas Hadjistavropoulos |
Canadian Pain Society Distinguished Career Award University of Regina | Scientific Excellence - Leadership | 2022-01-25 | Thomas Hadjistavropoulos |
FGSR Scholarly Award (CIHR Doctoral Competition 2021-2022)One of the Top 3 Ranked Applicants - University of Regina University of Regina | Scientific Excellence - Leadership | 2021-10-29 | Louise Castillo |
Pain Awareness Award - Canadian Pain SocietyPain Awareness Award from the Canadian Pain Society University of Regina | Scientific Excellence - Leadership | 2021-05-01 | Thomas Hadjistavropoulos |
Pain-related health care costs for long-term care residents University of Regina | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2021-10-01 | Harminder Guliani, Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Shan Jin, Lisa M Lix |
Provincial legislative and regulatory standards for pain assessment and management in long-term care homes: a scoping review and in-depth case analysis University of Regina | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2020-11-01 | Natasha Gallant, Allie Peckham, Gregory Marchildon, Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Blair Roblin, Rhonda Stopyn |
The Effectiveness of Social Media in the Dissemination of Knowledge About Pain in Dementia University of Regina | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2021-05-01 | Louise Castillo, Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Mary Brachaniec |
Changes in social discourse about long-term care practices during the COVID-19 pandemic University of Regina | Scientific Excellence - Advancing Knowledge | 2021-10-21 | Louise Castillo, Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, Janine Beahm |