“You’re Such an Idiot!”: Recognizing Pain in Dementia
5 min readMar 12, 2021
A quick note on the controversial issue of pain medication….
Pain is frequently under-recognized and under treated in people with dementia.
While many pain medications can have side effects, and we don’t want to accidentally over-medicate people with pain meds, the research indicates that we’re far more likely to under-treat pain in people with…
