The Sleep Gap: The Overlooked Factor Costing Lives, Time, and Trust in Care

Sleep plays a foundational role in the health, safety, and quality of life of care home residents. Despite this, in some services it remains significantly under-prioritised within routine care planning.

This white paper presents an impartial, evidence-based view of the importance of sleep in residential care, drawing from published research and evidence from UK care homes using AI resident monitoring. It explores the impact of sleep and shows a clear link between improved sleep and quality of life—including increased alertness and happiness during the day, better nutrition, reduced medication use, greater resilience to infections and faster recovery, as well as improved physical ability. Together, these benefits lead to happier, healthier residents, and fewer hospital admissions due to infections and falls. It also outlines why sleep must be positioned alongside nutrition, mobility, and medication as a critical focus area in adult social care, and covers the operational implications for care providers, and the broader health system costs associated with disrupted rest.

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