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Effects Of Meditation On Chronic Pain Management Among Older Adults, Katelyn R. Forsell
Effects Of Meditation On Chronic Pain Management Among Older Adults, Katelyn R. Forsell
Doctor of Nursing Practice
The older adult population is expected to continue to grow. This population is more susceptible to facing chronic health conditions that often contribute to pain. Pain affects many aspects of an individual's life and can be debilitating, affecting physical and mental wellbeing. Chronic pain among older adults is often not well managed. Mindfulness meditation is a holistic healing modality that literature supports for pain mitigation (Creswell & Khoury, 2019). This scholarly project provided mindfulness meditation sessions to older adults in an independent and assisted living facility setting to help educate and guide them in reducing chronic pain. Pain reduction scores …