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care providers have a long to-do list a
million things need to happen every day
but residents living with dementia also
need their sleep leadership the clinical
team housekeeping a maintenance stuff
and others can work with residents and
their loved ones to support sleep and
complete other duties keep watching to
learn more about why sleep matters and
what you and your team can do to help
most people know what it's like to not
get enough sleep for a few nights you
may be more irritable you could be
really sleepy during the day you might
even get sick when a resident does not
sleep well it can affect their mood
their body's defense and repair systems
and physical and cognitive functions
medical issues like sleep apnea and
insomnia lower sleep quality many people
living dementia especially Lewy body
disease already experience sleep
disturbances which make these symptoms
even worse healthy sleep has four stages
in a cycle different stages support
physical and emotional health as well as
memory if the resident wakes up a lot at
night even if they nap during the day
they miss out on the benefits of the
full sleep cycle people usually wake in
the morning and sleep at night hormones
and chemicals controlled by the pineal
gland in the brain help to set the
body's clock lighter darkness comes into
the eye this sends signals to the nerves
in the brain the nerves alert the pineal
gland to adjust chemicals in the body
for day or night dementia can damage the
brain and interrupt the clock setting
process residents living with dementia
need extra help to get good sleep
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improving sleep for residents living
dementia starts with getting to know
each resident are they a sports fan are
they an early riser did they have a job
where they worked overnight talked with
residents their loved ones and care
providers to learn more about the
residents once and needs firstly what
helps one person might not be the
preference of someone else try different
approaches to best support each resident
nursing homes can create more restful
environments for residents that promote
high quality uninterrupted sleep
accommodate individual needs and
personal preferences like toileting and
bedtime routine work with the resident
to find what helps them sleep and record
it in their care plan minimize light and
noise that make it harder to fall asleep
or waco in the middle of a sleep cycle
create a comfortable physical
environment including temperature and
bedding arrange workflow schedules to
avoid disturbing sleeping residents with
activity like cleaning or restocking
encourage activity during the day to
help the resident sleep better at night
now let's revisit the nursing home it's
very early in the morning what could we
change help residents especially
residents living with dementia sleep
better schedule noisy maintenance or
housekeeping work during the day turn
lights off or down keep voices low and
avoid unnecessary conversations during
sleeping hours
how do things look when we support a
restful environment for sleep nice and
quiet
this shows how small changes can make
big differences but our nights lead to
better days
everyone can play a role to improve
sleep for residents living with dementia
this video is part of the developing a
restful environment action manual or
dream toolkit check out the rest of the
toolkit to start improving sleep today
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