Jamie Zeitzer

Publication Details

• Brief morning light treatment for sleep/wake disturbances in older memory-impaired individuals and their caregivers.

  Friedman L, Spira AP, Hernandez B, Mather C, Sheikh J, Ancoli-Israel S, Yesavage JA, Zeitzer JM. Sleep Med. 2012; 13 (5): 546-9

  Scheduled exposure to bright light (phototherapy) has been used, with varying degrees of success, to treat sleep disruption in older individuals. Most of these studies have been done in institutional settings and have used several hours of daily light exposure. Such a regimen in the home setting may be untenable, especially when the individual with the sleep disruption has memory impairment and is being cared for by a family member. As such, we examined the effectiveness of a "user-friendly" phototherapy protocol that would be readily usable in the home environment.

  PubMedID: 22406033