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Sleep and Ageing (Paperback)
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Sleep and Ageing (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Sleep and Dreams
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Sleeping patterns change with age, whether we are growing up, or
growing old. While most people are prepared for the rapidly
altering sleep patterns of growing children, the evidence suggests
that many are unprepared for additional sleep changes in later
life, either in themselves or in others. In this book, originally
published in 1987, two research disciplines - social gerontology
and sleep research - are brought together with the aim of providing
a straightforward account of how sleep is changed and disrupted by
the biological and social impact of ageing. Attention then focuses
on the personal and clinical response to these changes. The use of
sleeping drugs among elderly people is critically examined, and
effective alternatives, including self-help practices and
psychological therapies, are described. The influence of ageing on
the recall and content of dreams is also considered. In the final
chapter, the author comments on current styles of responding to
sleep problems in old age and discusses the need and the scope for
change. This book deals with topics of universal interest and
provides valuable information for those professionally as well as
personally concerned with sleep quality in later life, including
health professionals (nurses, doctors, psychologists etc.) working
with elderly people, gerontologists, and sleep researchers.
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