Sleep After 60: What Changes and a 4-Week Plan
What changes in sleep with age, what is worth asking a doctor about, and a four-week plan with a sleep log, a night wake-up plan and a doctor-visit page.
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By Whole Life HQ4 parts · about 4,300 words · printable · read online
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Adults over about 60 (and the family who help them) who notice lighter, earlier or broken sleep and want to know what is normal, what to ask a doctor, and a four-week plan to try.
What you receive
- 4 written parts, about 4,400 words
- What commonly changes in sleep after 60, and what is worth asking a doctor about
- Daytime light, movement, caffeine and nap rules, a bedroom and night-safety checklist
- A four-week plan, a one-week sleep log with a worked example and a one-page doctor summary
4 printable pages, in reading order
- Part 1: What changes in sleep after 60, and what does not
- Part 2: Your day shapes your night: light, movement, food and naps
- Part 3: Your bedroom, your evening, and what to do when you wake
- Part 4: The 4-week plan, the sleep log, and when to get help
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Part 1: What changes in sleep after 60, and what does not
Welcome. This guide is for adults over about 60 who notice that sleep is not what it used to be, and for the family members who help them. It explains what commonly changes with age, what is worth a closer look, and gives you a four-week plan to try at your own pace.
This is general wellbeing information, not medical advice. It cannot tell you why you are sleeping the way you are, and it does not diagnose or treat any condition. Please see a doctor if you snore loudly or stop breathing in your sleep, if you act out dreams, if your legs feel restless or jumpy at night, if you feel low or anxious for more than a couple of weeks, if you are confused or newly forgetful, if you fall asleep during the day without meaning to, or if poor sleep has gone on for three months or more. Do not stop or change any medicine on your own.
The short version
Sleep does change as we get older. Many people notice they wake more easily, get sleepy earlier in the evening, wake earlier in the morning, and spend less time in the deepest stage of sleep. For many, this is a normal change and not a sign that something is wrong. But some of the things that disturb sleep after 60 are common and fixable, such as light in the evening, too little daylight, a bedroom that is too warm, or a late cup of tea. Other causes deserve a doctor's attention. This guide helps you tell the difference.
What is in each part
- What changes in sleep after 60, and what does not
- Your day shapes your night: light, movement, food and naps
- Your bedroom, your evening, and what to do when you wake
- The 4-week plan, the sleep log, and when to get help
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4 printable pages: see the list
- Part 1: What changes in sleep after 60, and what does not
- Part 2: Your day shapes your night: light, movement, food and naps
- Part 3: Your bedroom, your evening, and what to do when you wake
- Part 4: The 4-week plan, the sleep log, and when to get help
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Who wrote it
Written by the Whole Life HQ team.
Not yet reviewed by an outside expert.
We plan to ask a sleep clinician to review it. Until then it is general information, not professional advice.
General information, not medical advice. Talk to your doctor before changing your exercise, eating or sleep, or if something worries you. If you are in crisis, call or text 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline). In an emergency call 911.
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