Frances Schervier Home and Hospital: Recognition and Treatment of Pain in Cognitively Impaired Older Adults–A Video Library

Summary

Complications and consequences of untreated pain, including falls and depression, are widespread among nursing home residents. Residents who are cognitively impaired and unable to communicate their discomfort suffer most; however, nursing home staff often lack education and training in this area. To target this issue, Frances Schervier Home and Hospital devised a project to provide pain management education for long-term care staff to improve the quality of care and life for this vulnerable population.

Grant Goals:

1. Expand the reach of a one-day conference beyond the attendees.
2. Provide pain management resources to staff that could be integrated into nursing home education programs.
3. Improve quality of life for cognitively impaired nursing home residents suffering from unrecognized pain.

Grant Outcomes:

• Hosted a full-day conference, with nationally recognized experts in the field of pain management, aimed at improving the quality of care provided to cognitively impaired nursing home residents in New York State.
• Filmed, produced, and distributed 800 educational DVD library sets to nursing home administrators, conference participants, policymakers, and various health care systems.
• Sent survey to nursing homes to evaluate the impact of the DVD library and experienced a low response rate; 6% of the surveys sent with the DVDs were returned.

Grantee Information:


• Grantee Website: http://www.scherviercares.org/schervier_nursing_care_center.html
• Grant Amount: $20,046

Grantee

Frances Schervier Home and Hospital DBA Schervier Nursing Care Center