Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 461-472, ix |
| Journal | Respiratory Care Clinics of North America |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 1999 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine