title: [Treatments of sleep disorders in dementia patients].
abstract: In elderly, biological changes cause circadian rhythm disturbance, and sleep disorders are often observed. The risk of sleep disorders is higher in dementia patients, sleep disorders are causes of care burden increase. In treatments of sleep disorders in dementia patients, it is important to evaluate correctly about sleep disorders and to check BPSD which merges to insomnia. In clinical, nonpharmacological therapies, such as an improvement of a lifestyle and cause removal of insomnia, are first choices. In medication, when other psychological symptoms and BPSDs merge, use of an easy sleeping drug is avoided, and medication of antidepressants or atypical antipsychotics is considered, but these medications use requires cautions about insurance adaptation and side effects.
authors.affiliation: Yokufukai Geriatric Hospital.
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Furuta
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*