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Wednesday, October 09, 2013

Sleep: a critical but overlooked aspect of dementia management

The Sleep Function Interdisciplinary Group (SAFIG) at the University of Alberta with the help of the CanadianDementia Knowledge Translation Network have created the website Sleep: a critical but overlooked aspect of dementia management.  This website reviews the research evidence on the effects that lack of sleep may have on a person with dementia and suggests non-pharmacological ways to get a better sleep. 
The group was also involved in a creating a national survey on healthcare providers’ use of non-pharmacological sleep interventions for persons with dementia.  The results of the survey are available in their report, Understanding healthcare providers barriers to prescribing and recommending non-pharmacological sleep interventions for persons diagnoses with dementia
To visit the website, Sleep: a critical but overlooked aspect of dementia management, please click here.

1 comment:

Lisa said...

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