title: 'When they sleep, they sleep': daytime activities and sleep disorders in nursing homes.
abstract: Are nurses aware that activities can reduce residents' daytime sleepiness and increase sleep quality at night in nursing homes? This question is studied in a project focusing on sleep disorders and multi-morbidity in long-term care. In Germany, episodic interviews with 32 nursing staff members (age 24-60 years) with different qualifications addressed their views on links between residents' daytime structure and activities and their sleep/disorders. Three interpretive and activity patterns (intervention; missed opportunity; ignorance) were found, which differ in relation to how far the interviewees motivate residents' activity. Implications for a training program based on these different premises are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany. flick@ash-berlin.eu
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Flick
authors.forename: Vjenka
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Garms-Homolová
authors.forename: Gundula
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Röhnsch
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001364:Awareness; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing; D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D009043:Motor Activity; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009735:Nursing Homes; D020178:Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D012919:Social Behavior; D012931:Social Environment