Sleep disturbances and dementia are two common and significant health problems in older
adults. Investigations suggest that sleep disturbances might increase the risk of dementia …

Increasing evidence links cognitive-decline and Alzheimer's disease (AD) to various sleep
disorders, including obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). With increasing age, there are …

Sleep disorders affect a large portion of the global population and are strong predictors of
morbidity and all-cause mortality. Sleep staging segments a period of sleep into a sequence …

Objective The gold standard for diagnosing sleep disorders is polysomnography, which
generates extensive data about biophysical changes occurring during sleep. We developed …

Importance Growing evidence suggests an association between sleep-disordered breathing
(SDB) and cognitive decline in elderly persons. However, results from population-based …

Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs) are hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD), causing
substantial distress for both people with dementia and their caregivers, and contributing to …

Sleep disturbances and cognitive impairment are common in older adults. Mounting
evidence points to a potential connection between sleep and cognitive function. Findings …

Context Sleep-disordered breathing (characterized by recurrent arousals from sleep and
intermittent hypoxemia) is common among older adults. Cross-sectional studies have linked …

This article reviews the growing literature examining sleep and cognitive functioning in older
adults. The main focus is on normal, age-related cognitive changes, as opposed to …

Sleep-disordered breathing is highly prevalent in the elderly population. Obstructive sleep
apnea (OSA) represents the most common sleep disorder among the adult and elderly …