With Age Comes Wisdom and Aches and Pains

We’ll never get any younger, and that’s OK. There are a lot of benefits to getting older. But along with those perks, we find ourselves less comfortable than we once were in daily life. Pain, however, is much more than just an unpleasant sensation. Doctors know that pain prevents effective recovery from illness or surgery and can have a major negative effect on the quality of life. Depending on the clinician's approach, managing or alleviating acute or chronic pain can be hit-and-miss or completely effective. In the past, someone else made decisions about your pain and didn’t necessarily base those decisions on your specific needs or pain level. Federal standards implemented by the <a href="https://www.jointcommission.org/standards/standard-faqs/critical-access-hospital/leadership-ld/000002161/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Joint Commission on Accreditation</a> now require practitioners at every level to help patients articulate their degree of pain. Hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes risk losing accreditation if they fail to assess patient pain from admission through discharge and treat it individually. <a href="https://medium.com/crows-feet/with-age-comes-wisdom-and-aches-and-pains-4771e3f1cd0">Read More</a>