About Us

Why was the Geriatric Pain Web site created?

  • To provide nurses working in long-term care environments access to resources, a new Web site — www.geriatricpain.org — has been developed. This site, a one-stop resource, shares free best-practice tools and resources that support recommendations for good pain assessment and management in older adults, including implementation of quality improvement processes focused on pain management.
  • Up to 80 percent of older persons living in long-term care facilities suffer from pain problems. Although aging contributes to the likelihood of pain conditions, effective assessment and management can ensure good quality of life.
  • The Web site is easy to access and user friendly. It’s organized into categories of emphasis, including pain assessment, pain management, education, quality improvement, guidelines and resources.

Who was Geriatric Pain Web site developed for?

  • The tools available are for nurses and administrators in nursing homes and long-term care facilities to help them improve pain outcomes for residents, change organizational standards for pain outcomes and save time identifying and evaluating quality tools.

Is there a cost to access the resources?

  • The Geriatric Pain Web site resources are free to registered users. Registration is quick, easy and requires only your e-mail address, password, name and zip code.

How was the Geriatric Pain Web site funded?

  • The Web site is made possible by generous funding from The Mayday Fund. Additional support was provided by The University of Iowa, Golden Living and in part by a grant from the RWJ Executive Nurse Fellows program to Dr. Keela Herr, 2007-2010 RWJ Executive.

Who developed the Geriatric Pain Web site?

  • The Geriatric Pain Web site content was developed for STTI by representatives from five of the nine John A. Hartford Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence: The University of Iowa, Oregon Health & Science University, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, the University of California at San Francisco and the University of Pennsylvania.

What is the Center for Nursing Excellence in Long-Term Care™?

The objective of the Center for Nursing Excellence in Long-Term Care™ is to support the knowledge, professional development and leadership growth of nurses who provide care to older adults. STTI’s collaborative initiative will result in the development of several tools and resources that will transform nurses’ roles and enable them to take a stronger leadership position within their environments to ensure quality care and life for patients and residents of long-term care facilities.

STTI’s Center for Nursing Excellence in Long-Term Care™, in collaboration with experts from the Harford Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, skilled nursing facilities, national providers, trade associations and geriatric consumer groups, is developing a portfolio of products and services to fulfill its mission to transform the role of the registered nurse in the long term care environment.