Tailored lighting intervention improves measures of sleep, depression, and agitation in persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia living in long-term care facilities

Tailored lighting intervention improves measures of sleep, depression, and agitation in persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia living in long-term care facilities

Mariana G Figueiro,1 Barbara A Plitnick,1 Anna Lok,1 Geoffrey E Jones,1 Patricia Higgins,2,3 Thomas R Hornick,3,4 Mark S Rea1 1Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA; 2School of Nursing, 3School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 4Geriatric Research Educ...

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Main Authors: Figueiro MG, Plitnick BA, Lok A, Jones GE, Higgins P, Hornick TR, Rea MS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2014-09-01
Series:Clinical Interventions in Aging
Subjects:
Alzheimer's disease
sleep disorders
agitation
light therapy
circadian rhythms
high correlated color temperature
Online Access:https://www.dovepress.com/tailored-lighting-intervention-improves-measures-of-sleep-depression-a-peer-reviewed-article-CIA

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