Home Care – What Is Normal When it Comes to Sleep and Seniors?
When people aren’t sleeping well, their entire well-being is affected. This is especially true for aging adults. Seniors can experience some complex health issues related to many different factors, including lack of quality sleep. Understanding what normal is for seniors when it comes to sleep is important. It’s equally important to find solutions that can help, like bringing in home care providers to help.
Factors Influencing Sleep for Seniors
Several different factors affect how well seniors are able to sleep. They frequently experience changes in their circadian rhythms, for instance, which can cause seniors to wake up later and later until they are awake all night and sleeping during the day. Medications and health issues are another big issue for seniors when it comes to sleeping well. Chronic health problems, especially ones that come with pain, can dramatically impact sleep. Some medications have side effects that affect sleep quality or even the ability to sleep. Stress, noise, temperature, life changes, and overall comfort are other factors to consider when troubleshooting sleep issues.
What Is Normal for Seniors and Sleep?
Understanding what “normal” sleep is means looking at quite a few different details. Typically, seniors need less sleep than younger adults, but only by a little bit. Most experts agree that around seven to eight hours of sleep is sufficient. Quality of sleep is a little more important than quantity. Normal sleep, even for seniors, involves uninterrupted sleep that results in feeling restored and refreshed. If seniors are experiencing issues like waking up in the middle of the night, trouble falling asleep, or daytime sleepiness, they might need to dig deeper into what is going on.
Addressing Sleep Disorders
Conditions like restless leg syndrome, sleep apnea, and insomnia all need to be discussed with a doctor. Sometimes these issues are a symptom of an underlying health issue. They can almost always be addressed, but a diagnosis needs to happen first. Any issues that are causing seniors to miss out on sleep or that impact sleep quality should be discussed right away with a doctor.
How Does Home Care Help Seniors with Sleep?
Senior care services can be instrumental in helping aging adults get the sleep that they need. First, caregivers can help seniors to establish solid routines throughout the day that take aging adults through waking up, being active, and getting to bed. Caregivers can also help to alert seniors and family caregivers to signs of underlying health issues, which might be the first step in getting sleep issues resolved. Home care providers can help with daily activities, too, which can take a lot of stress and strain off of seniors, making it easier to relax and sleep well.
Meeting the needs of seniors appropriately is often the best way to resolve a great many issues, including problems with sleep and sleep quality. Working with home care providers is an excellent way for seniors and family caregivers to get a handle on what is going on, recognize possible solutions, and put a plan in place.
If you or an aging loved one are considering hiring home care in Berwyn, PA, and the surrounding area, please contact the friendly staff at Suma Home Care. (484) 206-4544
Ibrahim recently completed a Professional Certificate in Management; He is currently pursuing a Masters in Business Administrations (MBA) at a prestigious university in the UK.
With their passion for helping others and a strong background in customer services and clinical care, Ibrahim and his wife started assisting individuals in their homes.
Since started and operating Suma Home Care in 2010 in the basement of their home, Suma Home Care has provided professionals who work endlessly in providing clients with the highest quality of care, while enabling clients to maintain dignity, comfort and safety in their homes.
Suma Home Care, serves four counties in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Chester, Montgomery and Philadelphia. Ibrahim is firmly connected to his local community and is always looking for ways to give back whenever the opportunity presents itself.
Ibrahim enjoys spending time with his wife and children, travelling and enjoys sports.
Mariama Suma-Keita BSN RN
Born in Sierra Leone west Africa, relocated to America in 1999 from a civil war and settled since in the U.S.A as a Naturalized citizen Graduated from National school of nursing with an associate , and completed BSN in Nursing from Immaculata University graduated with Honor roll Alpha Lambda sigma, After escaping the war served as a refugee nurse in Gambia and Guinea to other displaced refugees before coming to America.
In the states started in Homecare then then transition into hospital, worked in Jefferson hospital as a Registered nurse on Tele and general medsurg floor, also worked in Einstein hospital as an oncology transplant nurse , I realized that I enjoy working with patients so much and believe in quality and compassionate care one at a time dealing with an holistic approach in caring for patients and family in a familiar environment called home , I see the impact and progress when they’re home , it makes them feel relax and progress fast with recovering at home. As a nurse and entrepreneur I understand that dedication to meeting people and families needs is a priority, and able to foster relationships with family and patients that is professional and friendly to help them stay and settled home as a desire.
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