A 67-year-old farmer is at the clinic because he has been sleepy during the day.Which sleep change occurs with age?

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Older adults awaken more often during the night,and it takes more time for them to fall asleep.To compensate they increase the number of naps taken during the day.Older adults spend more time in stage 1 and have less stages 3 and 4 NREM sleep; some older adults have almost no NREM stage 4 or deep sleep.Episodes of REM sleep tend to shorten,and there is less deep sleep and more lighter sleep.

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