Pain Management & Home Safety Program
- Program for the older adult or chronically ill individual, unrelieved by pain that has caused problems with mobility, increased risk of falls, trouble sleeping, as well as depression, anxiety and social isolation.
- We provide an individualized pain treatment plan that includes not only pharmacologic care but also adjunctive and complementary therapy modalities through at home assessment and skilled instruction.
Our skilled nurses will provide you and your family education about:
- Definition of pain, different types of pain and strategies to manage.
- How to track pain
- How to identify trends and triggers of pain and strategies to manage.
- How to use analgesic pain medications and management of side effects
- How to store medications safely and to safely dispose of them
- Lifestyle changes and self care management
- Information to help correct common misconceptions about pain (i.e. the difference between addiction, dependence and tolerance
- Physical Therapy Services, will work with you to understand your pain, what causes it and how to manage it through movement
- Personalized exercise program
- Stretching and strengthening exercises
- Physical Therapy Safety Evaluation
