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A Good Night’s Sleep
I have trouble falling asleep. Is that what I should expect at my age?
Now information about sleep and aging is only a mouse click away at www.nihseniorhealth.gov. The Web site also offers hints for sleeping well. For example, exercising regularly improves the quality of your nighttime sleep and helps you sleep more soundly, and doing the same things each night tells your body that it’s time to wind down.
Adequate sleep is essential to good health and quality of life. For example, older adults who have poor nighttime sleep are more likely to have a depressed mood, attention, and memory problems, excessive daytime sleepiness, more nighttime falls, and to use more over-the-counter or prescription sleep aides.
Disturbed sleep and waking up tired every day are not part of normal aging. NIHSeniorHealth now has accurate, up-to-date information to help older Americans get a good night’s sleep.”
Source: http://www.nih.gov/
