Support of Sleep

Quality Improvement (QI) Resources

QI Board Posters and Articles

Resources to Share with Families

Staff Education

Additional Resources

Quality Improvement (QI) Resources

• EFC Supporting Sleep Action Plan
• Strategies to Support Sleep
• Guidelines for a Good Night Sleep
• Letter for Staff and Prescribers
• Pharmacologic Restraint Management Worksheet

QI Board Posters and Articles

• EFC Sleep Presentation - Full Slides (consider printing select slides to use as individual resources)
• Choosing Wisely Canada: Insomnia and anxiety in older people: Sleeping pills are usually not the best solution
• Letter or poster for Staff and Families
• Therapeutics Initiative: UBC Is use of quetiapine for sleep evidence-based?
• Alberta RN Winter17 Sleep, Seniors and Sedatives
• AUA Project Bulletin March 2016
• University of Alberta Sleep and Dementia: Learn more about what we do
  • Bright light
  • Daytime activity
  • Passive Body Heat
  • Sleep Hygiene
  • Dementia Summary of Evidence for Non-Pharmacologic Sleep Interventions
  • Getting a Good Night’s Sleep for Persons with Dementia

Resources to Share with Families

• Choosing Wisely Canada
  • Insomnia and anxiety in older people: Sleeping pills are usually not the best solution

Resources to Support Staff Education

• EFC Sleep presentation
  • Full slides
  • Notes pages
• Sleep webinar

Additional Resources

• Brain Exchange
  • ​Resource Centre Topics A to Z: Sleep
• Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons, Optimized Prescribing with Seniors
  • Sedative hypnotics and risk for adverse events
• RxFiles
  • Chronic Insomnia in Older Adults
• Sleep Disorders: Sedatives

Success Stories and Articles

• Acute Care: Sick and tired: How can hospitals help patients get the sleep they need?
• Long Term Care Sleep Success Stories AUA Project Bulletin March 2016