Walk with a friend. Have monthly pension or Social Security checks sent to the bank. Don't carry a lot of cash. Try not to carry a purse. Put your money, credit cards, or wallet in an inside pocket.
Many older adults have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep.
Now National Institute of Mental Health-funded research shows that insomnia in later years is treatable. By changing habits and attitudes, older adults can sleep better and longer, the study reports. A team of scientists at the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, led by Charles M. Morin, Ph.D., now at Laval University, Quebec City, used behavioral and drug therapies, alone or in combination, to treat late-life insomnia. Use the bed and bedroom for sleep, not for reading, watching TV, or worrying. Improvements occurred in time awake after sleep onset, sleep efficiency, and total sleep time.