[New developments in pain management for the elderly]. / Les nouveautés concernant la prise en charge de la douleur chez le sujet âgé.

Pain in old age is still too common. Yet it deserves our interest because it weakens elderly patients who are already very vulnerable. As medical knowledge is constantly evolving, all caregivers are concerned in updating their knowledge in order to control the multiple pains of the elderly. Review of key points relating to the evaluation of pain, but also to today's drug and non-drug treatments, in order to optimise algological management in geriatrics.