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Describing current sleep

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• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Women aged 65-74 >> Valerie - Interview 11 >> Val takes a long time to fall asleep, wakes up a lot in the night, and early in the morning, but is most bothered by taking up to an hour to fall asle

Valerie often wakes up in the night and can’t get back to sleep. This means she will be very tired by the early evening, but will try not to go to bed too early because she doesn’t want to waste the evening.

• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Women aged 65-74 >> Juliet - Interview 07 >> Juliet hasn’t had a full night’s sleep since her diagnosis with rheumatoid arthritis 12 years ago, and is often up several times in the night.

In addition to her formal career, Juliet has had a range of voluntary jobs such as Chairman of the Preschool Playgroup Association. Juliet was also employed as an Ofsted Lay School Inspector. Juliet is an avid silver surfer and thoroughly enjoys online shopping and writing emails. She has had rheumatoid arthritis for about 15 years and has also been diagnosed with diabetes, both of which interfere with her sleep.

• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Men aged 75+ >> Daniel - Interview 28 >> Daniel typically wakes up at about 5 am now he is older, but will doze in bed until about 8 am.

Daniel is a retired social worker, having spent a large part of his working life with children and teenagers. He was diagnosed with sleep apnoea when his snoring at night was making him feel very drowsy during the day. His sleep is quite broken at night, and he often finds he dozes off during the day.