Many seniors who live alone fall out of routine habits after retirement and don’t realize that this lack of structure in their daily lives can drastically affect other areas of their life, including their quality of sleep.

The results of studies published in the April 2010 issue of the journal “Sleep” suggest that performing everyday activities like showering, getting dressed and eating at the same time every day can dramatically improve the quality of sleep that a person gets.  Subjects who followed normal daily routines not only got better overall quality of sleep, but they also fell asleep faster upon getting into bed and spent more of their time in bed sleeping rather than tossing and turning.

You can’t underestimate the impact that getting ample, high quality sleep will have on your life.  With better sleep you have more improved focus, higher energy levels and you are less likely to be moody or short tempered – in short, getting better quality sleep will help to improve your overall quality of life.

That’s a big benefit of living in an independent living or assisted living community that has benefits like a regularly scheduled physical fitness program and regularly scheduled healthy meals.  The helpful staff at the Wilsonville can help you to organize your daily life into a regular routine so that your nights can be more restful and full of high quality sleep – ensuring that you are as happy and as healthy as possible.

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