Chronic Pain

Managing Chronic Pain in Patients Who Are Homeless: Results from a Survey of Homeless Health Care Clinicians | 2012

This poster presentation examines current practices, available resources, attitudes, and perceived needs of clinicians in providing chronic pain management for homeless patients in health care for the homeless settings. Complete survey results provided in the below resource “Pain Management Survey of Health Care for the Homeless Clinicians: Summary of Results.” Download Research (PDF)

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Managing Chronic Pain for Adults Experiencing Homelessness

Webinar Slides(PDF) The HCH Clinicians’ Network has developed Adapting Your Practice: Recommendations for the Care of Homeless Adults with Chronic Non-Malignant Pain (edited by Patricia Post, MPA) in response to reported needs from a 2010 chronic pain management survey of the Clinicians’ Network and the Respite Care Providers’ Network memberships. This webinar will highlight major components of

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Adapting Your Practice: Recommendations for the Care of Homeless Adults with Chronic Non-Malignant Pain

The recommendations in this document specify what experienced clinicians know works best for patients experiencing homelessness, with the realistic understanding that limited resources, fragmented health care delivery systems, and loss to follow-up often compromise adherence to optimal clinical practices. These recommendations provide helpful guidance to health care professionals serving adults with chronic non-malignant pain who

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Pain management | Innovations in Chronic Pain Management: New Models of Care

Homeless individuals disproportionately suffer from medical disorders. They have higher rates of diabetes, cancer, peripheral vascular disease, musculoskeletal problems, depression, and other disabilities that are often associated with both acute and chronic pain.1,2,3,4,5 These morbidities afflicting the homeless can be amplified by unstable housing, exposure to weather and temperature extremes, the prevalence of violence, psychiatric

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