Sleep disorders in elderly patients are common, treatable
July 15, 2007
Sleep disorders become more common with increasing age, but effective behavioral and pharmacological therapies are available, sleep experts said at the annual meeting of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. Most older adult are not being treated for their insomnia, and most older adults won’t get a diagnosis of insomnia, despite the high prevalence of the disorder in this age group, the medical director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Northeastern Memorial Hospital in Chicago said. Read more
