Aggressive Assurance During a recent medical event with my wife she received significant time with the acute pain management team To my surprise they engaged me asked questions and solicited my thoughts as Gracie's longtime caregiver Recognizing that post-operative pain management with her is a bit of a trick they listened as I shared numerous incidents from her long journey After relating her history I added In my experience I've found that one of the most effective ways to help her is 'aggressive assurance ' Constantly reinforcing 'We've got you and we're on top of this ' The pain management [... more]

Chronic Pain The struggle to care for someone with chronic pain causes extensive challenges for family caregivers Dr Roland Flores called the show today to discuss this topic as well as acute pain opioids benzodiazepines - and what he'd like for family caregivers to know Roland Flores MD Anesthesiology Associate Professor University of Colorado School of Medicine IF you find this podcast meaningful please visit www hopeforthecaregiver com and let us know - and help us do more [... more]