Annual General Meetings in Hobart

The 2022 Australian Pain Society Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 13th April 2022 from 7:30 – 8:45am AEST at the Annual Scientific Meeting at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart, TAS.

A call for nominations for the role of Director for Victoria has been sent. All nominations are due by 5pm AEDT Friday 11 March 2022.

A formal Notice of the AGM along with the 2022 Agenda, Proxy form and documents, and Minutes from the 2021 AGM and GBM will be distributed before the end of March 2022.

The 2022 Basic Pain Research Special Interest Group (BPR SIG) Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday 10th April 2022 from 12:30-1pm AEST, immediately after the BPR SIG Pre-Conference Workshop.

We hope to see our members there!

Pain in Residential Aged Care Facilities: Management Strategies

2nd Edition

The gold standard in Pain Management for Older People is now available in eBook format!

In this edition:

Chapter 1: About Pain

Chapter 2: Identi cation and assessment of pain in aged care residents

Chapter 3: Beyond medication: psychological and educational approaches to pain management

Chapter 4: Movement and physical activity

Chapter 5: Complementary approaches to pain

Chapter 6: Pharmacological treatments

Chapter 7: Dementia and cognitive impairment: special considerations

Chapter 8: Pain at the end of life

Chapter 9: Pain and nutrition

Chapter 10: Quality and systems issues