Sleep in the elderly.
Older adults frequently experience difficulties with sleep that can be caused by specific sleep disorders (such as sleep-disordered breathing or periodic limb movements in sleep) and circadian rhythm disturbances. These all can be effectively treated. Medical illnesses and medications also can have a negative affect on sleep and effective management of these can significantly improve sleep in older adults. Sleep in institutionalized older adults is even more disturbed than sleep of community-dwelling older people and special considerations can be made to improve the quality of sleep in institutional settings.
Martin
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San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, California, USA.
Shochat
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Gehrman
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Ancoli-Israel
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D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*