Audrey - Interview 39  

Audrey - Interview 39

Age at Interview: 79
Sex: Female
Background: Married, two children, Retired Office Administrator

Brief outline:Audrey feels her sleep has deteriorated a lot in the last ten years. She rarely gets more than a few hours a night, and a really good night would be when Audrey sleeps for 4-5 hours. She would really like to sleep longer.

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Audrey believes sleep is very important and would love to be able to go to bed and sleep well.

 



So in looking at that healthy lifestyle and healthy eating do you think that sleep is important as well?
 
Yes. I think I feel I’d be, it’d be wonderful if I could have a say six hour, go to bed and know I was going to sleep … and then wake up, even quite early, but that would be lovely just to go to sleep because often I’ve been dying to go bed I’m so tired. I go to bed and I’ve tried a warm bath.
 
Milky drinks have you tried those?
 
No. No. I haven’t tried milky drinks. We do have milky drinks but not that often. Do we and it would be earlier on.
 
So sleeps important to you and a perfect night, well you’d be pleased to have six hours going to sleep straight away?
 
Oh yes.
 
What would be perfect? If I could say to you tonight you are going to have a perfect night’s sleep and I hope you do, what would that be?
 
Well if I could sleep from twelve till six that would be wonderful or even 11 to 5.  

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