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Elderly Don't Need As Much Sleep, Study Finds

livescience.com — Old people are known to be lousy sleepers, but a new study suggests it might all be in their heads, at least for many of them.

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  • Rizoh, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2"There are definitely older people with insomnia," Klerman told LiveScience. "However there may also be some older people who 'create' insomnia if they believe that they 'need' 8 to 9 hours of sleep and therefore spend more time in bed (lying awake) than needed to achieve the amount of sleep 'needed.'"

    I agree with this statement. Obviously, sleep requirements and patterns change throughout life, but insomnia among the elderly is not a normal part of the aging process. As the article points out, it just seems that many people believe it is.



  • chadwalters23, on 07/25/2008, -0/+1Oh. So THAT's why my grandparents were always up by 6.
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