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Health Tip: When Alzheimer's Affects Sleep: MedlinePlus

Health Tip: When Alzheimer's Affects Sleep: MedlinePlus

 

Health Tip: When Alzheimer's Affects Sleep

Keep to a steady wake and sleep schedule

By Diana Kohnle
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
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(HealthDay News) -- Some people with Alzheimer's disease -- characterized by a loss of brain tissue -- have trouble sleeping and/or nighttime wandering.
The National Sleep Foundation suggests how to improve sleep in people with Alzheimer's:
  • Make sure the sleep environment is as cool and dark as possible.
  • Create a consistent schedule of waking and going to bed.
  • Expose the person with Alzheimer's to bright light soon after waking.
  • As bedtime nears, keep lighting dim.
  • Establish regular and simple routines to complete daily chores.
  • Make sure the home environment is safe -- with no knives, guns or matches in reach.
  • Keep a relatively busy schedule of activities.
  • Get some daily exercise.
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