Let’s review what you have learned
- Difficulty sleeping is common in people with dementia.
- Sleeping problems can be very stressful to deal with.
- If the person you care for is having difficulty sleeping, try to make them more comfortable.
- Try to identify circumstances that may increase difficulty
- sleeping and change or address them.
- When one approach doesn’t work, try another one.
- Realize that there will be good and bad days.
- Remind yourself that difficulty sleeping is part of the disease.
- Take a deep breath and think about the best ways to respond that will be the least distressing for you and the person you care for in case of sleeping problems.
- Ask for help. It is hard to provide good care on limited sleep.
You finished this lesson, well done! 
