When I read the article in Everyday Health, Poor Memory Tied to Sleep Woes in Aging Women, and its possible connection with Alzheimer’s, my thoughts turned to my mom who developed this disease.  For years, before I recognized that Mother was in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, my dad would remark, “Your mother is up all hours of the night, reading, writing, baking.  She only sleeps for a short time.”
When I’d say something to Mother, she would reply, “I don’t see any sense wasting time lying there if I can’t sleep.”
Mother probably did get adequate sleep over the course of 24 …read more