Nothing Like a Good Night of Sleep

Sleep Well

This article from caring.com provides five practical tips for helping our aging loved ones get better, more restorative sleep. 

As we age, the architecture of our sleep changes dramatically. The deep, delectable sleep in which we're oblivious to the outside world and its sounds, called slow wave sleep, becomes shorter and more elusive. Our total sleep time also declines. Infants sleep an average of 11.6 hours per night, but by the time we hit 70, our nighttime sleep has shrunk by nearly half, to an average of 6.6 hours....Read More Here