Health Management for Older Adults III - Sleep Patterns of Older Adults

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Nocturnal awakenings increase in frequency and duration. This may be due to mild internal and external discomforts, but most elderly people awaken for no apparent reason.
Because of frequent and longer nighttime awakenings, total time spent asleep is shorter in older persons.
There's a tendency to nap during the day so that total time spent asleep is redistributed in a 24-hour cycle.