Two-Week Sleep Diary for Adults 50+
What it does
Add each morning when you went to bed, how long it took to fall asleep, and how many times you woke. After a couple of weeks you have your own averages to bring to a clinician. The National Institute on Aging suggests a sleep diary for exactly this.
Add each morning. A couple of weeks is enough. Kept only in this browser.
Make it useful
Fill it in each morning, while last night is still fresh. Rough guesses are fine. After two weeks you will see your own pattern: how long you really take to fall asleep, how often you wake, and how much of your time in bed is actual sleep. That is worth far more to a doctor than "I sleep badly." Your entries stay in this browser and go nowhere else. If you struggle to sleep, are very sleepy by day, or someone tells you that you snore with pauses in your breathing, take the diary to your doctor.
Filled in a week or more? What your sleep diary results mean, and what to change first.
Related: Sleep after 50: what changes, what helps, and when to ask.
