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

< i > Sleep Patterns of Older Adults - Disordered Sleep

Although these changes in sleep pattern in the elderly are common, some elderly people have no changes in their sleep pattern.

The function of sleep is unknown, but it clearly has restorative qualities.

Difficulty falling asleep may reflect the normal effects of aging or may be the result of environmental disturbances such as noise, discomfort from medical illness, and the product of anxiety or agitated depression.