To integrate state-of-the-art research methodologies and
advanced technologies in order to enhance aging research and
improve the quality of life and quality of care of older people
and their caregivers. Novel Pain Assessment and Intervention
Network (NoPAIN) A new interdisciplinary network, the "Novel
Pain Assessment and Intervention Network (NoPAIN)" will be
established to explore a measurement-to-management system for
geriatric pain with the long-term goal of generating a new
discipline of clinical infometrics. Clinical infometrics, as we
envision it, is a synthesis of patient assessment data with
computer technology, information theory, and measurement science
to improve the connection between research findings / guidelines
and clinical practices. We have chosen geriatric pain because it
is a complex and multidimensional construct that has a critical
mass of assessment instruments that need refining and because
there are known gaps between recommended and actual practices.
Because of demographic changes,