Long-Term Care Survey Alert
Make Screening for Pain as Easy as ABCDE
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released this tool to help manage residents’ end-of-life care needs, but the tool can be used to help screen for pain at any stage in life, pain experts say.
To put it to use, keep this ABCDE mnemonic in mind:
A. Ask the resident or his or her legal representative about (and screen for) pain and other symptoms on admission and periodically thereafter. Assess regularly and systematically for symptoms and their impact on the resident.
B. Believe the resident’s report of pain or other symptoms, what precipitates it or makes it worse, and what relieves it.
C. Choose symptom control options that are appropriate for the resident.
D. Deliver interventions in a timely, logical, and coordinated manner.E. Empower the resident to participate in defining the goals of treatment and planning interventions to the extent possible. Evaluate the effectiveness of chosen interventions
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