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Resources for the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment based
Proactive and Personalised Primary Care of the Elderly

FLACC pain scale
(F) Face, (L) Leg, (A) Activity. (C) Cry, (C) Consolability
Purpose : Evaluation of severity of pain in individuals who are unable to communicate
Admin time : 5-10 min
User Friendly : High
Administered by : Primary Carer or Self-administered
Content : scoring of 0-2 for (F) Face, (L) Leg, (A) Activity. (C) Cry, (C) Consolability
Author : Merkel S, Voepel-Lewis T, Malviya S, 2002
Copyright : Free to use
This Tool is used in the Pain Assessment
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The Pain Assessment is one of 5 sub-domains of the Medical Assessment
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The Medical Assessment is one of 8 domains of the
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)
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