An older adult widow tells the nurse that he is having problems sleeping at night. He misses his wife. The nurse recognizes this may be one reason for this patient's problem sleeping. The nurse also recognizes that older patients:
A. are difficult to assess.
B. take less time to fall asleep.
C. have a reduced ability to sleep deeply.
D. require more sleep than middle-age adults.
C
Complaints of sleeping difficulties increase with age. Older adults spend more time in stage 1 and have less stage 3 and 4 NREM. Older adults awaken more often during the night, and it takes more time to fall asleep. Sleep efficiency is reduced because they increase the number of naps taken during the day.
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