Insomnia and Sleep Medications Increase Disability Risk in Older Adults

Jun 22nd 2025 11:32pm EDT

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Both insomnia and sleep medication use independently increase disability risk in older adults, affecting basic activities like dressing, bathing and walking Research tracking 6,722 older adults found that even mild increases in sleep troubles predicted greater physical disability in the following year Using sleep medications worsened disability outcomes rather than improving them, with […]

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