Publications by authors named "Betsey Tolley"
Aim: To assess advanced cancer pain in older adults with dementia at the end-of-life.
Background: Self-report is the gold standard for pain assessment; however, people with Alzheimer's disease may lose the ability to report pain. Biochemical and neuropathological changes occur in Alzheimer's disease that impairs the affective, sensory, and motor pain processing regions of the brain.