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• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Men aged 75+ >> Robert - Interview 06 >> Robert can’t remember having a problem sleeping when he was a small boy, but he does remember wanting to stay in bed in the morning when he was a teen

At the time of his interview Robert had recently lost his wife and was still trying to cope with the aftermath of her illness and his subsequent bereavement. Robert has found that he wakes up quite a lot in the night and hopes that, with time, his sleep pattern will settle back into the routine he had before his wife was ill. Robert likes to keep very active and enjoys engineering problems and making things. He has recently started to cycle again.

• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Women aged 65-74 >> Anne - Interview 14 >> Anne’s memories of the war include sleeping in an air raid shelter and of her mother rushing out to check whether a bomb had landed on their family ho

Anne is a retired Education Adviser, but is still working part-time writing a book. Anne likes to play golf at least once a week, but has recently had some injuries which have prevented this. She also likes to keep active by walking. Anne finds she now wakes up early in the morning and would very much like to be able to sleep in for longer.

• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Men aged 75+ >> William - Interview 38 >> William recalls having to get out of bed and go down to their cellar during air raids, and remembers his mother being very frightened.

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 65-74 >> Mike - Interview 12 >> Mike not only remembers dreaming frequently when he was a child, but still remembers what he dreamt, and feels that he has started dreaming a lot now

Mike works part-time as a test centre administrator. He has noticed a change in his sleep as he has got older, noticeably that he has periods of deeper sleep, but he doesn’t believe he sleeps any longer than he used to. Mike noticed his sleep changed when he first had children, and finds that pattern has continued.

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

Dreams

• 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.

• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Advice to others about getting a good night's sleep >> Advice to others about getting a good night's sleep

Advice to others about getting a good night's sleep

• Later life >> Sleep problems in later life >> Men aged 75+ >> Roy - Interview 13 >> Roy suggests it is important to have a regular routine for going to bed and getting up.

Roy has been retired for some time, but is an active member of the local U3A group (University of the Third Age) and likes to take long walks. He frequently visits his older brother who lives nearby. Roy has had trouble sleeping for many years, but has now found a routine for getting to sleep that he feels works well for him.