Sleep in the elderly is an often misunderstood process and frequently made worse when individuals become residents of nursing homes or are placed into an institutionalized setting. If you are a geriatric patient or have a loved one who suffers from a sleep disorder, contact the Piedmont Sleep Disorders Center for evaluation as their problems may be easily addressed if appropriately evaluated. In the future, the Piedmont Sleep Disorders Center will begin to work with nursing homes around the city to help change the collective environment to a more suitable one to promote healthy sleep in these patient populations.