Is it Feasible? A Quality Improvement Project to Integrate Complementary Therapy Into a Pain Management Program on a Transitional Care Unit.

Background: The cost of pain to society is high, not only in dollars but in physical and emotional suffering. Undertreated pain in the geriatric population can lead to functional impairments and diminished quality of life. A transitional care unit (TCU) described having higher levels of moderate to severe pain than state and national levels in like facilities.