CHAMP Course Questions
Thomas Bow
CHAMP Program Liaison
Center for Home Care Policy
& Research
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
5 Penn Plaza, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10001
212-609-5767
Geriatric Pain Management Course
CHAMP's next Geriatric Pain Management course begins April 26, 2010. Register now!
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Click here for a brief demonstration of the Pain Management course
Tuition for the Geriatric Pain Management course is $149 per participant.
Pain Hurts!
Pain management for older patients is a key quality of life issue, but only 60% of patients are discharged from home care with less pain than when they were admitted.
CHAMP’s Geriatric Pain Management course is designed to give frontline home care managers the skills and tools they need to help their clinical team improve pain management for older home care patients. The course includes best practices in caring for the home care patient with pain, including:
- Pain screening and intensity assessment
- Pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic pain relief
- Developing care plans for older persons with pain
- Communicating with physicians about pain issues
Five online units, coupled with practical exercises and downloadable tools, help home care managers and their teams significantly improve care. Click here for a summary of the course objectives by unit.



