Late‐life insomnia: A review

A Fetveit - Geriatrics & gerontology international, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Aging is associated with substantial changes in sleep patterns, which are almost always
negative in nature. Typical findings in the elderly include a reduction in the deeper stages of …

Tackling sleeplessness: psychological treatment options for insomnia in older adults

JM Dzierzewski, EM O'Brien, D Kay… - Nature and science of …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
This paper provides a broad review of the extant literature involving the treatment of
sleeplessness in older adults with insomnia. First, background information (including …

Nonpharmacological treatment of late-life insomnia

CM Morin, V Mimeault, A Gagné - Journal of psychosomatic research, 1999 - Elsevier
This article reviews the evidence regarding the efficacy of nonpharmacological interventions
for the treatment of late-life insomnia. Outcome data from more than a dozen treatment …

Insomnia in the elderly: a review

D Patel, J Steinberg, P Patel - Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 2018 - jcsm.aasm.org
Background: Insomnia remains one of the most common sleep disorders encountered in the
geriatric clinic population, frequently characterized by the subjective complaint of difficulty …

Insomnia in older people

P Montgomery, LD Shepard - Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, 2010 - cambridge.org
Insomnia is a prevalent sleep complaint amongst older people, affecting physical and
mental health as well as many aspects of life quality and well-being. For the lack of explicit …

Sleep disorders in the elderly

R Asplund - Drugs & Aging, 1999 - Springer
Sleep is important for health and quality of life at all ages, and poor sleep interacts with
many medical conditions. Somatic and psychiatric diseases, and unfavourable habits and …

Insomnia: Behavioral treatment in the elderly

MR Ebben - Clinics in geriatric medicine, 2021 - geriatric.theclinics.com
In this article, changes that occur in sleep with age, prevalence of insomnia, the most
influential models explaining the development of insomnia, as well as nonpharmacologic …

Optimizing sleep in older adults: treating insomnia

AM Wennberg, SL Canham, MT Smith, AP Spira - Maturitas, 2013 - Elsevier
As the world's population ages, the elevated prevalence of insomnia in older adults is a
growing concern. Insomnia is characterized by difficulty falling or remaining asleep, or by …

Treatment of late-life insomnia

CS McCrae, JM Dzierzewski, DB Kay - Sleep Medicine Clinics, 2009 - sleep.theclinics.com
Insomnia, defined as difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep at least 3 nights per week that is
accompanied by complaints of sleep-related daytime impairment, 1, 2 is the most common …

Insomnia in the elderly: cause, approach, and treatment

NS Kamel, JK Gammack - The American journal of medicine, 2006 - Elsevier
Insomnia is a prevalent problem in late life. Sleep problems in the elderly are often
mistakenly considered a normal part of aging. Insomnia, the most common sleep disorder, is …