Health Management for Older Adults II - Chronic Pain Management in the Elderly

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I talked before about how the elderly may be at greater risk for pain, but
- that pain shouldn't be normal at any age
- that unmanaged pain certainly should be treated and managed
What we've seen is that while elderly report pain in large numbers and large percentages, a lot of the elderly report that they are able to tolerate their pain either without medication, or with medication