Insomnia, sleep quality, napping for seniors
That jolt of a calf cramp at 2am, or the restless, hard-to-describe urge to move your legs at night, both become more common after 50. Here's why, and what genuinely helps.
Sleep doesn’t arrive on command just because you’ve turned the lights off. It responds to what happened in the hour before, far more than most people give it credit for. Opening Summary A short, consistent wind-down routine signals to your…
Somewhere around mid-afternoon, focus fades and the sofa starts looking unreasonably appealing. There’s a real reason for that, and caffeine only papers over it. Opening Summary The afternoon slump is partly a natural dip in your body clock, and partly…
If you’re sleeping differently than you did at thirty, lighter, shorter, interrupted more, that’s not a personal failing. It’s closer to the norm than most people realise. Opening Summary Sleep architecture genuinely changes with age: deep sleep shortens, night waking…