Table of Contents

Special Issue: Pain and the Elderly

Edited by Patricia Schofield and Joav Merrick

Pain after One Year
Patricia Schofield and Joav Merrick

Musculoskeletal Pain and Risk for Falls in Older Adults?
Suzanne G. Leveille

The Role of Family Caregivers in Pain Management in Patients with Dementia
Martha D. Buffum

Older Women’s Assessment and Management of Chronic Pain in Their Daily Lives
Karen A Roberto, Lauren S Ermann and Jyoti Savla

Evaluation of a Pilot Project for Implementation of REPOS in Daily Practice
Rhodee van Herk, Anneke A. Boerlage, Frans PM Baar, Dick Tibboel, Rianne de Wit and Monique van Dijk

The Rotterdam Elderly Pain Observation Scale (REPOS): A New Behavioral Pain Scale for Non-Communicative Adults and Cognitively Impaired Elderly Persons
Rhodee van Herk, Monique van Dijk, Dick Tibboel, Frans PM Baar, Rianne de Wit and Hugo J Duivenvoorden

Pain Management for Residents with Severe Dementia in Australian Residential Care Facilities: Policies, Practices and Pain Scales
Jennifer Abbey and Brian Abbey

A Comparison of Patient-Initiated Versus Conventional Follow-up for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Annette Sands and Nicola Adams

A Novel and Effective Treatment Modality for Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Richard Evan Steele, Evelyne de Leeuw and David O. Carpenter