Open Access“It’s Been a Hard Day’s Night”: Sleep Problems in Caregivers for Older Adults
Author(s) -
Amanda Leggett,
Madelyn Morley,
Stephen F. Smagula
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
current sleep medicine reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.647
H-Index - 16
ISSN - 2198-6401
DOI - 10.1007/s40675-020-00164-0
Subject(s) - sleep (system call) , family caregivers , dementia , psychological intervention , mood , psychology , gerontology , stressor , mental health , caregiver stress , medicine , clinical psychology , psychiatry , disease , pathology , computer science , operating system
This paper critically evaluates literature from the last three years on sleep in caregivers for older adults. Research is evaluated in four main areas: factors related to caregivers having sleep problems, sleep health in various types of caregivers, how caregivers' sleep and health inter-relate, and interventions to improve sleep.