JAMDA
Volume 9, Issue 5 , Pages 347-353 , June 2008

Initiating and Sustaining a Standardized Pain Management Program in Long-Term Care Facilities

  • Cynthia E. Keeney, BSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Interdisciplinary Program for Palliative Care and Chronic Illness, University of Louisville Department of Medicine, Louisville, KY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Cynthia E. Keeney, BSN, RN, University of Louisville Interdisciplinary Program for Palliative Care and Chronic Illness, 511 South Floyd Street, Suite 110, Medical Dental Research Building, Louisville, KY 40202.
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  • Jennifer A. Scharfenberger, MPA

      Affiliations

    • Interdisciplinary Program for Palliative Care and Chronic Illness, University of Louisville Department of Medicine, Louisville, KY
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  • James G. O'Brien, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Louisville Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine, Louisville, KY
    • ,
  • Stephen Looney, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
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  • Mark P. Pfeifer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Interdisciplinary Program for Palliative Care and Chronic Illness, University of Louisville Department of Medicine, Louisville, KY
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  • Carla P. Hermann, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Louisville School of Nursing, Louisville, KY.

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 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation through its Community-State Partnerships to Improve End-of-Life Care program provided funding for this project. The grantee, Kentucky Hospital Research and Education Foundation, raised additional funds and provided staffing for the project in-kind. Faculty resources were received in-kind from Hospice and Palliative Care of Louisville and Hospice of the Bluegrass. Kentucky Association of Homes and Services for the Aging provided invaluable assistance with introductions and facilitation of survey instruments to their representatives.

PII: S1525-8610(08)00096-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.02.004

JAMDA
Volume 9, Issue 5 , Pages 347-353 , June 2008

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