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Sleeping elsewhere

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Bedroom and environment for sleep

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• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Women aged 65-74 >> Valerie - Interview 11 >> Normally Val listens to her radio when she can’t sleep, but has to find different things to occupy her when she is away.

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 >> Mary - Interview 05 >> Mary sometimes falls asleep watching the television, or listening to the radio, and would be woken up by the noise.

Mary is a retired Secretary and travel organiser. She lives on her own, but has a daughter and grandchildren living nearby. Mary likes to keep very active during the day and helps with looking after the grandchildren. She also attends Keep Fit and Tai Chi and likes to sew and do crafts. Mary believes sleep is very important and would like to have more sleep, but also feels that she doesn’t want to waste time sleeping as there are so many things she enjoys doing.

• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Men aged 75+ >> P. - Interview 16 >> P. always sets his radio alarm for 7 am because he thinks it is wrong to stay in bed too long, but he may doze on and off for a while listening to the

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.

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Bedroom and environment for sleep