Diagnosing and Treating Sleep Disorders in Older Adults Is Complicated

Multiple Choice

Diagnosing and treating sleep disorders in older adults is complicated by all of the following factors, EXCEPT:

A) Self-reports of sleep quantity or quality may be biased.
B) It can be hard to determine whether the sleep disturbance is occurring independently of other physical and mental disorders.
C) There are age related changes in sleep that appear to be universal and may be considered normal.
D) Older adults often deny that their sleep patterns are problematic, which makes sleep disorders much harder to treat.
E) Life circumstances like retirement may lead to disturbances in sleep routines.