Mobile Pain Monitoring Plus

The project “painApp Plus – Pain, Go Away! Optimized Pain Management for Elderly Care-Dependent People” was a follow-up to the painApp project. This project also focused on improving pain management for older and care-dependent individuals in inpatient, semi-inpatient, and outpatient care settings. The project aimed to optimize residents’/guests’/clients’ pain levels and self-management, improve pain management from the perspective of care staff, and enhance coordination and communication among the involved professionals (general practitioners/specialists/palliative care teams/nursing staff).
The primary goal was to develop the competencies of staff within the care team (nurses, caregivers, housekeeping, social services, etc.). The technical software solution painAppPlus was used to support pain assessment, documentation, and communication with the other involved professionals.
The project was implemented by Diakonie Düsseldorf in cooperation with the Paracelsus Medical Private University (PMU), Institute for Nursing Science and Practice, Salzburg. The PMU was responsible for the scientific supervision and evaluation of the project. Funding was provided by the Stiftung Wohlfahrtspflege NRW under the “Pflege inklusiv” call.