Maine Developmental
Disabilities Council
Alternatives to Pain
Pain Assessment Tools
- Basic Principal of Pain Treatment
- Comprehensive Pain Assessment Form
- Core Principles of Pain Assessment for Providers
- Faces Pain Scale
- Numeric Rating Scale for Pain
- Pain Assessment In Advanced Dementia (PAINAD)
- Colors Pain Chart
- NIPC Pain Assessment Scales
- Pain-Types Terminology and Clinical Use table
- Recommendations for Assessing Pain in Cognitively Intact Older Adults
- Verbal Descriptor Scale (Pain Thermometer)
Maine Developmental Disabilities Council
225 Western Avenue, Suite 4
Augusta, ME 04330
Phones: 207-287-4213 • 1-800-244-3990