Sleeping time at 70

Kindly let me know how much sleep I should be having at night as a 70-year-old man.

Chucks (by SMS)

Older adults need about the same amount of sleep as all adults—seven to nine hours each night. But older people tend to go to sleep earlier and get up earlier than they did when they were younger. Getting enough sleep helps you stay healthy and alert.

Age, subtle changes in memory occur naturally as part of the aging process. However, sometimes these changes occur sooner than anticipated or faster than expected. These changes often go unnoticed, but at other times can be disturbing to ourselves or others. There are a number of things that can cause problems with memory or make normal age-related changes worse.

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For example, sometimes changes in memory might be due to a medication side effect or an existing or developing health problem, such as depression, anxiety, sleep problems, heart disease, infections in the brain, brain tumours, blood clots, head injury, thyroid disease, dehydration, or vitamin deficiency.

If this is the case, identifying and treating the condition can improve your memory. However, when memory loss prevents us from performing daily tasks and our accustomed roles in life, it becomes a health concern that needs further evaluation by healthcare professionals.