Is your Senior Getting Enough Sleep
The aging process comes with some problems that may contribute to the change in one's sleeping patterns. http://www.homecareassistancedayton.com/
The aging process comes with some problems that may contribute to the change in one's sleeping patterns.
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<strong>Is</strong> Your <strong>Senior</strong><br />
GETTING<br />
<strong>Enough</strong> <strong>Sleep</strong>?
The aging process comes with some problems<br />
that may contribute to the change in one's<br />
sleeping patterns. Advanced age is not the<br />
main reason seniors don't get enough healthy<br />
sleep. However, there are activities that<br />
prevent seniors from enjoying the muchneeded<br />
sleep. As one get, one advances in age,<br />
sleeping patterns tend to change, and one no<br />
longer get enough opportunity to sleep.<br />
Insomnia and dementia may creep in at this<br />
point. It is, therefore, important for the seniors<br />
to have enough healthy sleep to counter the<br />
effects of lack of enough sleep.
S o m e o f t h e C o m m o n s y m p t o m s t h a t i n d i c a t e<br />
o f l a c k o f a d e q u a t e s l e e p i n e l d e r s i n c l u d e :<br />
• Being unable to sleep easily<br />
• Waking up earlier than normal<br />
• Being unable to decipher day from night<br />
• Losing sleep at night
REASON FOR<br />
.Lack Of <strong>Sleep</strong>.<br />
AMONG SENIORS<br />
It's important to note that age is not the only reason that keeps seniors awake.<br />
Advanced age comes with various health issues that may prevent one from getting<br />
enough healthy sleep. Some of the common reasons associated with lack of enough<br />
sleep include:<br />
• Negative effects of taking subscription medication<br />
• Chronic pain from conditions likes arthritis<br />
• Being depressed<br />
• Smoking and alcohol consumption<br />
• Having a neurological condition that affects one sleeping pattern<br />
• Caffeine intake just before going to sleep<br />
• Experiencing frequent urination at night
Biological conditions Associated with<br />
Lack of <strong>Sleep</strong> among <strong>Senior</strong>s<br />
As one age, their biological predisposition also changes. Some of these changes can<br />
cause sleep disorders. Advanced age leads to reduced production of the hormone<br />
melatonin that is useful for aiding sleeping. Consequently, elders may experience<br />
irregular sleeping patterns.<br />
Change in cardiac rhythm among the seniors is another reason that leads to irregular<br />
sleeping patterns. The cardiac rhythm synchronizes body functions like sleep and<br />
change may lead to the elders sleeping earlier waking up earlier too.<br />
Insomnia may also keep the elders awake. Which can cause problems like loss of<br />
memory, failure to remember people's names, etc.
What do you need to do to<br />
asleep?<br />
Even though elders do need as much sleep as the younger people, they, however, need<br />
to have enough healthy sleep. Sometimes it's hard for them to get enough sleep but<br />
the following practices may be of assistance:<br />
• <strong>Getting</strong> medical treatment for an existing illness<br />
• Keeping oneself busy when they are not asleep.<br />
• Setting a regular sleeping pattern to help the body retain the healthy sleeping<br />
patterns.<br />
In conclusion, the enough healthy sleep for the seniors is critical as they get fully<br />
rested. They also have less chance of suffering from conditions like dementia and<br />
insomnia if they have enough rest. Such conditions are very common among seniors.<br />
Should you need more information on senior citizen care, contact Dayton for more<br />
information.
THANK YOU!<br />
Home Care Assistance of Dayton offers hourly and live-in home care for seniors and<br />
elders in Dayton, OH. We have a team of skilled Caregivers and devoted Care<br />
Managers who work to create tailored care plans unique as the clients we serve.<br />
• Phone: (937) 353-7997<br />
• Address: 6109 Far Hills Avenue Dayton, Ohio 45459<br />
• Web: http://www.homecareassistancedayton.com/