Pain Management in the Elderly

More than 50% of community-dwelling older adults experience chronic pain, and this prevalence increases to 80% in long-term care settings. Managing pain in the elderly is critical to overall health and well-being.

This is a RACGP CPD module with an allocated 1 hour of Education Activities (EA), 5 hours of Measuring Outcomes (MO), and 1 hour of Reflective Practice (RP) under the RACGP 2023-25 CPD program.

Learning Objectives:

1. Review the incidence and prevalence of pain in the elderly population
2. Review the most common types of pain, highlighting barriers to effective pain management
3. Discuss individualised pain management, using varied pharmacological agents and how to implement this in practice 
4. Review interventional pain management treatment options and which patient is best suited to them

This activity is presented by Dr Charles Chou, a Pain Specialist at the Gold Coast Private Hospital. Dr Chou has special interests in musculo-skeletal, neurological, oncological, and pain conditions.

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