‘Sweet dreams’: an evidence-based approach to effective sleep hygiene maintenance for people with an intellectual disability

Sleep is an essential activity of daily living that is often overlooked in approaches to caring for people with intellectual disabilities (IDs). Poor sleep, insomnia or disrupted sleep can have wide-ranging effects on the health and well-being of people with ID resulting in many adverse consequences...

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Published inLearning disability practice Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 13 - 19
Main Authors Francis Horan, Paul, Fleming, Sandra, Cleary, Michelle, Burke, Eilish, Doyle, Carmel, Byrne, Kathleen, Griffiths, Colin, Keenan, Paul
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London RCNi 25.03.2019
Subjects
Activities of daily living
Dementia
Epilepsy
Heart rate
Hygiene
Intellectual disabilities
Learning disabilities
Nursing care
Older people
Patient-centered care
Quality of life
Sleep
Sleep disorders
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Summary:Sleep is an essential activity of daily living that is often overlooked in approaches to caring for people with intellectual disabilities (IDs). Poor sleep, insomnia or disrupted sleep can have wide-ranging effects on the health and well-being of people with ID resulting in many adverse consequences.This article outlines the main challenges that people with ID may have initiating and sustaining sleep, explains the nature, prevalence and causes of sleeping problems they experience and discusses a variety of assessments of sleeping issues. It also examines sleep maintenance, management and sleep hygiene approaches to support this cohort using a person-centred nursing care plan and concludes with some suggestions for sleep maintenance and hygiene. Good sleep hygiene should form a central element of caring for people with ID and this article offers suggestions about care planning approaches to enable good quality sleep experiences for people with ID.
ISSN:1465-8712
2047-8968
DOI:10.7748/ldp.2019.e1958