While you're grieving because of a major life change or loss, you need time to cope.
Rotary International offers these suggestions to help manage grieving:
- Accept your loss, and deal with your feelings. Ignoring your emotions may lead to emotional and physical problems later.
- Be creative in expressing your emotions. Try writing in a journal, writing a letter or creating a photo album or scrapbook.
- Stay physically healthy with a good diet, plenty of sleep and regular exercise.
- Avoid using drugs and alcohol to deal with grief.
- Allow yourself to grieve on your own schedule. Express whatever emotions you feel -- cry, laugh or just be sad.
- Know that grief may re-emerge at certain times, such as on birthdays or holidays. Don't let it surprise you, and try to prepare for it as much as you can.
Sleep disturbances -- including trouble getting to sleep or waking frequently throughout the night -- are common in elderly people.
The U.S. National Library of Medicine offers this list of common reasons for sleep problems in older people:
- Increased need to urinate.
- Pain, particularly from arthritis.
- Depression.
- Neurological problems.
- Alzheimer's disease.
- Side effects of taking certain medications.
- Alcohol use.
- Not getting enough exercise.
- Consuming too much caffeine.
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