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Sleep Disorders in LongTerm Care
Thomas Magnuson, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Division of Geriatric Psychiatry
UNMC
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Objectives
Discuss the causes of sleep disruption in
long-term care
Identify non-pharmacologic interventions
possible to remedy sleep disruption
Assess pharmacologic interventions for sleep
disruption
Impact
Significant problem
Many residents with sleep problems
50% of the elderly have sleep problems
65% in Los Angeles area ALFs
Effect
Cognition
Physical health
Mood
Quality of life
Staff morale
Well Elderly
Spend more time in bed to get the same amount of
sleep
Increase in nighttime awakenings and daytime
napping
Total sleep time only mildly decreased from when younger
Earlier bedtimes
Increased time to fall asleep
More easily aroused by sound
Daytime sleepiness not part of normal aging
Long-Term Care
More often self-report sleep problems
More severe self-report
Asleep at all hours, even mealtimes
Wake and sleep fragmentation
Wakefullness interrupted by brief sleep
Leads to extreme sleep-wake disruption
Distributed across the entire day
Rarely awake or asleep for hours
Effects of Poor Sleep
Variety of problems
Irritability
Poor concentration
Decreased memory
Lessened reaction time
Poorer performance on tasks
Community dwelling elderly
More falls
Increased mortality
Case
78-year-old demented female
Up at night, loud and disruptive
Sleeps much of the day
No activities
CAD, HTN, depression, hypothyroidism, h/o
breast cancer, arthritis, GERD, constipation,
incontinence
ASA, APAP, sertraline, synthroid, esomeprazole,
metoprolol, furosemide, senna, MOM, oxybutynin,
donepezil, memantine, hydrocodone/APAP
First Questions
How much are they sleeping?
Usually no one really knows
Up at night…sleeping pill
Up in the day…stimulant
Shifts need to talk to each other
Sleep is poorly documented
When are they sleeping?
Daytime?
Nighttime?
Both?
First Intervention
Sleep chart
Daily
24 hours a day
Every hour, on the hour
Not 4:01, just 4:00
For a week
Good general idea
Usually is around 9-11 hours a day
Causes
Primary sleep disorders
Medical conditions
Psychiatric disorders
Medications/polypharmacy
Circadian rhythm problems
Environment
Noise and light at night
Low daytime light
Behavioral
Physical inactivity
More time in bed
Primary Sleep Disorders
Sleep disordered breathing (SDB)
Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS)
Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMD)
REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD)
Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB)
Airflow interrupted
Apnea/hypopnea
Disrupts sleep
LTC residents
10 second episodes
15 times an hour
Low oxygen to brain
Obesity common cause
50-66% have at least mild SDB
Treatment is CPAP
Air forces airway open
Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS)
Uncomfortable feeling in legs
Worse later in the day
Falling asleep is hard
Symptoms come on and worsen with age
Relieved by moving legs
Possible cause of motor restlessness and
wandering
Treatment
ropinerole (Requip) and pramipexole (Mirapex)
Periodic Limb Movement Disorder
(PLMD)
Legs kick, jerk during nighttime sleep
Easier to identify if one has asleep partner
Causes sleep fragmentation
Treatment
Much as RLS
ropinerole (Requip)
pramipexole (Mirapex)
REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD)
Usually CNS motor is paralyzed in REM
Act out dreams
Except for breathing
Prominent in older men, certain dementias
Safety is an issue
Treatment
clonazepam (Klonopin)
Secure the environment
Case
Workup
Sleep chart
Broken up
Averages 9.4 hours a day
Range 4-13 hours a day
Lab, medical tests
Oxygen saturation unremarkable
TSH normal
CBC, BMP normal
Medications
Near bedtime
Lung medications/bronchodilators
Stimulants
caffeine, albuterol
methylphenidate (Ritalin)
Daytime sedation
Antihistamines
Anticholinergics
promethazine (Phenergan)
diphenhydramine (Benedryl)
Sedating antidepressants
nortriptyline, mirtazapine (Remeron) less than 30mg/d
Medical Conditions
Common
Pain
Parasthesias
Nighttime cough
Dyspnea
GERD
Incontinence or frequent nighttime urination
Neurodegenerative disorders
Parkinson’s disease, e.g.
Dementia
Common sleep problems
More sleep disruption
Lower sleep efficiency
More light sleep
Less deep sleep
Less REM
Sundowning
Circadian Rhythm
Body’s pattern of sleep/wake
Elderly
Blunted in amplitude
Shifted in time
Less time in each sleep/wake cycle
More daytime somnolence, nighttime awakenings
Less stable in LTC than in the community
May correlate with degree of dementia
Decreases survival in LTC
Circadian Rhythm
Exerts much influence on the timing of sleep
Weak CR or reset CR may strongly influence
sleep problems
How to try and fix
Exposure to bright light in the daytime
Regular scheduled exposure
Physical activity less important than light
Bright in the day, dark at night
Case
Medical conditions
GERD
Pain
Well controlled, no evidence of nighttime heartburn
No food for an hour before bedtime
No complaints on routine APAP
Signs of worsened pain not present
Incontinence
Oblivious at night
Toileting right before bedtime
Case
Medical conditions
Mood
Hypothyroidism
TSH normal
Primary sleep disorders
Stable symptoms
Oxygenation normal
No noted movements awake or asleep that resemble RLS or
PLMD
No odd or unusual nighttime behavior
Dementia
Pattern of sleep problem sounds familiar
Case
Medications
hydrocodone/APAP (Vicodin)
sertraline (Zoloft)
Not a sedating antidepressant
Could give at nighttime
oxybutynin (Ditropan)
Pain controlled well on APAP
Not used in awhile
Anticholinergic, antihistaminergic
Can choose a less concerning agent
L-thyroxine (Synthroid)
Only if underused
Night in LTC
Many sleep problems in the environment
Shared rooms
Frequent noise and light interruptions
Extended, nightly basis
Most noise caused by workers
Doing personal cares
Room level light
Suppresses melatonin
Disrupts sleep
Changes CR
Treatment
Nonpharmacologic
Timed light exposure
More active in the day
More alert right after exposure
Mixed results
Lower noise and light levels
Hard to change the environment
Treatment
Mixed approach
Daytime light exposure
Increased physical activity
Bedtime routine
Less time in bed
Minimize nighttime disruption
Results
Lessened daytime sedation
More social energy
More physically active
Hard to change nighttime noise and light levels
Treatment
Pharmacologic treatment
Hypnotics
Adverse events
Dizziness
Drowsiness
Falls
Not efficacious
zolpidem (Ambien)
zaleplon (Sonata)
ramelteon (Rozerem)
Don’t give to someone sleeping 13 hours a day
Psychological dependence
Treatment
Pharmacologic
Benzodiazepines
alprazolam (Xanax)
lorazepam (Ativan)
clonazepam (Klonopin)
Adverse events
Falls
Confusion
Sedation
Dependency
Treatment
Pharmacologic
Sedating antidepressants
Tricyclics
Nortriptyline
Amitriptyline
Trazodone
Mirtazapine
Adverse events
Daytime sedation
Falls, orthostasis
Confusion, bladder retention, constipation, tachycardia
Treatment
Melatonin
Hormone
Mixed results
Bad idea
Antipsychotics
Alcohol
Caffeine
Exercise prior to bedtime
Case
No noisy roommate
No routine awakenings
Environment is noisy
Often sitting in chair near front door
Falls asleep in her room
Rarely goes outside
Case
Likely dementia related
Timed light therapy
Take outdoors to sit in the sun
Discontinue prn narcotic
Changed oxybutynin
Allowed timed naps to limit time in bed
Made rigid bedtime routine
Dark at night, bright in the daytime
No sleeping pill
Objectives
Discuss causes of sleep disruption in longterm care
Identify non-pharmacologic interventions
possible to remedy sleep disruption
Assess pharmacologic interventions for sleep
disruption