Healthy Aging Tip: Maintaining Sleep Hygiene
Getting a good quality of sleep supports better emotion regulation and general health. Sleep is an essential part of managing stress but is often the first thing impacted when experiencing stressful events.
Things you can do to maintain healthy sleep hygiene:
- Keep the same sleep and wake schedule every day
- Get enough sleep – 7-9 hours for the average adult!
- Limit naps to 30 minutes
- Get enough sunlight
- Exercise regularly
Healthy tips of the day brought to you by Eastern Connecticut Health Network. Learn more about ECHN at echn.org.