Standard Assessment Tools: PAINAD | Complementary

08/10/2019

The PAINAD is a standardized tool used for assessing pain when a person has dementia or is no longer able to speak for themselves.

In this role-play podcast, Bob is living in a long term care facility and has dementia.

Bob has become uncooperative with care, and the care staff wonder if his care-giving needs have changed.

They use the PAINAD assessment tool to assess his needs.

Listen to this podcast to learn about behaviours that indicate pain, and using the PAINAD tool.


Timeline

  • 0’00” Start
  • 0’10” Introduction to the role play where Bob in a care facility with advanced dementia
  • 1’20” Definition of PAINAD tool.
  • 2’00” Rating scale
  • 3’05” Gathering information and assessing Bob.
  • 4’49” Summary and reflection on the assessment.
  • 5’25” Using the SBAR to report to the supervisor.
  • 6’33” How was the report? Was there enough information? What could I do differently?
  • 10’13 How can you improve the ways you report information to the care team?
  • 11’25” What happens for Bob after the assessment and report?

Credits

Written by Kath Murray, Deb Starck, Christina Foerster.

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