No. Older adults still need the same amount of sleep but\nthey may be unable to generate sufficient sleep. Sleep is of poorer quality and\nthere is less time asleep in bed due to waking caused by medications, illnesses\nand toilet visits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By 70 years old you have lost 80-90% of your deep sleep\ncompared with a teenager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is often a earlier desire for going to bed and waking\nup earlier because the natural rhythms and chemical changes that induce sleep\nshift to earlier in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Early evening snoozes should be avoided because they will\nmake it harder to fall asleep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
No. Older adults still need the same amount of sleep but they may be unable to generate sufficient sleep. Sleep is of poorer quality and there is less time asleep in bed due to waking caused by medications, illnesses and toilet visits. By 70 years old you have lost 80-90% of your deep sleep compared […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[29,80],"tags":[99,90,81],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/painpuzzle.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mae-815567_640.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n