Understanding sleep
By Dementia Training Australia
- Foundational
- 20 minutes
- Online Module
This module introduces you to sleep in the context of older people and specifically, people living with dementia. We unpack what happens in the brain during sleep, factors influencing sleep and the effects of poor or disrupted sleep. You’ll also learn about why sleep is so important to our health and wellbeing. This is module 1 in the 3-part module series: Sleep Matters
Domains:
Physical Wellbeing
Location:
nationally
Cost:
fully-subsidised
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) :
20 minutes
Learning Outcomes
- The importance and role of sleep, and what happens when we sleep
- How sleep patterns change with age
- The effects of disrupted sleep
- depression,
- physical activity and diet,
- sleep apnoea,
- medications,
- light & circadian rhythms,
- mental & social engagement.