"Physiatry and Pain Management in Skilled Nursing Facilities" is not a textbook; it's a manual. With many excellent comprehensive texts on physiatry, pain medicine, and geriatrics, this manual aims to serve a different purpose—a quick-access clinical tool for day-to-day work in skilled nursing facilities (SNF). This manual is written for therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, nursing staff, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, physicians, and administrators who need clear, practical approaches that can be safely implemented in the SNF environment.
Each chapter addresses the conditions we see most frequently with guidance that is deliberately concise and action-oriented, emphasizing interventions that improve function, control pain, and reduce opioid reliance—all within the resources typically available in SNF. "Physiatry and Pain Management in Skilled Nursing Facilities" is intended to be used as a living resource. As evidence evolves and as feedback is received from frontline teams, future editions will be updated. No manual can replace clinical judgment at the bedside, but this one aims to support it.