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Information Sheet 18 - Pain Assessment and Management in Patients with Dementia
Our latest information sheet is a briefing note for GPs and primary care practitioners about pain assessment and management in patients with dementia.
The aims of this information sheet are:
- Raise the awareness of primary care practitioners concerning the prevalence, common causes and reasons for poor recognition of pain in patients with dementia.
- Improve the knowledge of practitioners regarding the consequences of undertreating pain in patients with dementia.
- Provide sources of information that can be useful for facilitating effective pain assessment in patients with dementia.
- Outline the principles of pain management in this group of patients.
Download the information sheet here.
You can download the documents referenced on page 3 of the information sheet here:
- PAINAID (Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia Scale)
- Abbey Pain Scale
- PACSLAC (Pain Assessment Checklist for Seniors with Limited Ability to Communicate)
- Doloplus 2 Scale
- DisDAT (Disability Distress Assessment Tool)
Each of our sheets have been developed to provide valuable information, training and support tools on primary care mental health in Wales. Their publication comes under the set objectives of our Gold Standard Project which has set the goafl of providing good communication on mental health issues. We have a range of other information sheets which are all available to view and download from our Information Sheets page.
If you have any questions about Information Sheet 18 or trouble viewing or downloading it please contact our Project Manager Lesley Hills via email at lhills@rcgp.org.uk or on 029 2050 4526
WaMH in PC Newsletter - Autumn 2015
Welcome to the latest edition of the WaMH in PC (Wales Mental Health in Primary Care) newsletter. 
WaMH in PC Newsletter - Autumn 2015
We hope this new initiative will keep you informed about what we are doing as a network as well as work going on around Wales - including key changes to policy and primary care mental health.
Please let us know what you think of the newsletter and how we can improve it by emailing your feedback, ideas and suggestions to our Project Manager Lesley Hills at lhills@rcgp.org.uk
Information sheet 17 - Alcohol Use Disorder
Our latest Information Sheet is a briefing note for GPs and primary care practitioners about Alcohol Use Disorder.
Download our latest Information Sheet 17 - Alcohol Use Disorder
This information sheet aims to:
- To examine how big a problem alcohol plays in a community’s health
- To outline the harm caused by alcohol use
- To explore the presentation of problematic drinking
- To define levels of problematic alcohol use
- To outline the vital role a GP can play at all stages of presentation
- To outline the role played by specialist services
- To highlight the risk of Alcohol Use Disorder in doctors and signpost to appropriate servicesLike all our Information Sheets this latest document aims to help raise awareness about and improve mental health services across the country.
Download the information sheet here.
Each of our sheets have been developed to provide valuable information, training and support tools on primary care mental health in Wales. Their publication comes under the set objectives of our Gold Standard Project which has set the goal of providing good communication on mental health issues. We have a range of other Information Sheets which are all available to download and view on and from our Information Sheets page.
If you have any questions about Information Sheet 16 or trouble viewing or downloading it please contact our Project Manager Lesley Hills via email at lhills@rcgp.org.uk or on 029 2050 4516.
