Factors Associated With Sleep Disturbance Among Older Adults in Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities

Purpose The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of changing sleep patterns and common sleep disorders in older adults and to discuss treatment options of sleep disturbances within inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs). Methods Through extensive review of the existing literature, c...

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Published inRehabilitation nursing Vol. 38; no. 5; pp. 221 - 230
Main Authors Allen, Angela M., Coon, David W., Uriri-Glover, Johannah, Grando, Victoria
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2013
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies
Subjects
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging
Education, Nursing, Continuing
Humans
Inpatients
Nursing
older adults
rehabilitation
Rehabilitation Centers
Rehabilitation Nursing
Risk Factors
Sleep
Sleep Wake Disorders - epidemiology
Sleep Wake Disorders - nursing
older adults
rehabilitation
Sleep
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Summary:Purpose The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of changing sleep patterns and common sleep disorders in older adults and to discuss treatment options of sleep disturbances within inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs). Methods Through extensive review of the existing literature, common sleep disorders among older adults and several key factors that may impact sleep in older adults in inpatient rehabilitation facilities, such as behavioral and environmental factors, psychosocial and emotional factors, medical conditions, and medications were identified. Findings Current literature on the factors associated with sleep disturbance in older adults in IRFs is based on work with community‐dwelling older adults and those in long‐term care facilities. While interventions to address these disorders and research investigation key factors associated with sleep problems among older adults appear in the literature, there is very little work that applies these interventions within IRFs. Conclusions and Clinical Relevance Research is needed to examine the impact of sleep problems on older adults in IRFs, including work that focuses on intervention trials to identify successful treatments for these problems and translate those approaches into practice.
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DOI:10.1002/rnj.88