Annals of Long Term Care

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Improving Sleep Management in the Elderly

“If sleep does not serve an absolutely vital function, then it is the biggest mistake the evolutionary process ever made.”
--Alan Rechschaffen, University of Chicago

Introduction
Sleep, which occupies a third of our lives, is a vital function that affects cognition and performance, as reflected by mental and physical health. The problem of insomnia in older adults living in long-term care (LTC) settings is multifactorial, involvin