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• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Impact on daily routines >> Impact on daily routines

Impact on daily routines

• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Bedroom and environment for sleep >> Bedroom and environment for sleep

Bedroom and environment for sleep

• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Dreams >> Dreams

Dreams

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• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Women aged 65-74 >> Juliet - Interview 07 >> Juliet sometimes sleeps badly because of pain from her rheumatoid arthritis, and mostly she will carry on as normal but occasionally she has to cancel

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 >> Women aged 65-74 >> Juliet - Interview 07 >> The pain from Juliet’s rheumatoid arthritis sometimes wakes her up in the night and she occupies herself by listening to music, going on the computer

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+ >> William - Interview 38 >> If William wakes up because of pain or needing to go to the toilet, he often slips back into the same dream when he goes back to sleep.

William lives with his partner and has been retired for about 14 years. He likes to keep active by swimming four days a week and going to a gym class one day a week. He also attends art classes and is a member of a local literature club. William has noticed a change in his sleep over the last couple of years in that he finds he is having very vivid and sometimes difficult dreams. He notices he also has to get up now in the night because of cramp or to go to the toilet, which he never used to do.

• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Men aged 75+ >> William - Interview 38 >> William dreams more when he is stressed, and his dreams are full of frustrations and tensions, so that he wakes up feeling anxious.

William lives with his partner and has been retired for about 14 years. He likes to keep active by swimming four days a week and going to a gym class one day a week. He also attends art classes and is a member of a local literature club. William has noticed a change in his sleep over the last couple of years in that he finds he is having very vivid and sometimes difficult dreams. He notices he also has to get up now in the night because of cramp or to go to the toilet, which he never used to do.

• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Women aged 65-74 >> Juliet - Interview 07 >> Although Juliet did have her sleep disturbed at night by pain, she also felt that hot flushes made her toss and turn at 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 65-74 >> Peter - Interview 19 >> An injury to his shoulder several years previously continued to cause Peter pain and on some nights and he has to get up and take painkillers so that

Peter sometimes finds it difficult to get to sleep and stay asleep because of a shoulder injury and lower back pain. He only very occasionally dozes off during the day, but sometimes might if he has been active, or has gone for a long run. Peter feels that there are times in his life when he has more to worry about, and this will most likely affect how he sleeps.

• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Men aged 75+ >> P. - Interview 16 >> P. had a spell when the pain from arthritis in his hips made it very difficult for him to get to sleep.

P. has been retired for 35 years but still continues to undertake research and has published more than 30 papers since his retirement. He likes to try and be active as much as he can during the day and doesn’t like to doze off in the evening because he feels that is a waste of time. He does sometimes have difficulty getting off to sleep, but finds that reading a book often helps with this.

• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Earlier times of poor sleep and their impact on sleep now >> Earlier times of poor sleep and their impact on sleep now

Earlier times of poor sleep and their impact on sleep now

• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Health, illness and pain >> Health, illness and pain

Health, illness and pain

• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Women aged 65-74 >> Juliet - Interview 07 >> Juliet not only suffers pain from rheumatoid arthritis, but also has to get up to go to the toilet a lot in the night because of diabetes.

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 >> Health, illness and pain >> Health, illness and pain

Health, illness and pain

• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Men aged 65-74 >> Christopher - Interview 34 >> Christopher, who also has motor neurone disease, suffered so much pain from a back problem that he visited a pain clinic where he was prescribed some

Christopher is married with three children, and is a retired airline consultant. Christopher did retire at one point, but then was asked to return to work for a while, although he is now completely retired. He is now a volunteer at the local hospital. Christopher was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease a few years previously and also has severe back problems, but he still likes to keep fit and active and regularly visits the gym.

• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Going to the doctor or chemist >> Going to the doctor or chemist

Going to the doctor or chemist

• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Men aged 75+ >> Daniel - Interview 28 >> Daniel would not go to the chemist for help with his sleeping as he is concerned that anything from over the counter might interact with his existing

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.