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Nearly half the adults between the ages of 65 and 79 (45 percent) report some difficulty with insomnia (Bootzin & Engle-Friedman, 1987). Additionally, nearly half of 65-to-74-year-olds use hypnotics regularly (Rosenberg,1984). This percentage is even higher for the institutionalized elderly. This high use of hypnotics is a serious problem for older adults because they often use multiple medications and do not metabolize drugs efficiently.
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Flaxman, J. (1991). Insomnia in the Older Adult. In: Hauri, P.J. (eds) Case Studies in Insomnia. Critical Issues in Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9586-8_15
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