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Wellbeing Note · 5 min read
She sleeps less, and lighter. When is it more than age?
Waking at 4 am is common after 60. Waking tired every day, snoring that stops and starts, or sleep lost to pain is worth a doctor's look
The Pushpa team · 5 sources
Waking at 4 am is common after 60. Waking tired every day, snoring that stops and starts, or sleep lost to pain is worth a doctor's look
The Pushpa team · 5 sourcesAsk an older parent how they slept and the answer is often “theek hi”. Sleep does change with age. MedlinePlus describes it plainly: it gets harder to fall asleep, people wake more often in the night and earlier in the morning, and less time is spent in deep sleep. Older adults wake three or four times a night on average
The US CDC recommends 7 to 8 hours for people over 65. Many older adults sleep a little less than that, around six and a half to seven hours. The total matters less than whether she wakes feeling rested
Apnoea is hard to notice in yourself. The NHS suggests asking someone to stay nearby while you sleep to check for the signs. For a parent who lives alone, a visiting sibling may be the first to hear it
How Pushpa helpsPushpa asks how she slept on the evening call and notices when “not well” turns into a pattern. Bad nights, and the reasons she gives for them, show up in the family's morning report and on the list for her next visit
General information, not medical advice. In an emergency in India, call 112
Report sent to the family
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