An online insomnia treatment developed at the University of Virginia is stepping in to help older people who struggle to fall asleep and stay asleep, according to the treatment creator.

“Older adults do have a more difficult time with insomnia,” said Lee Ritterband, PhD., the director of UVA Health’s Center for Behavioral Health and Technology. “They tend to have a difficult time with falling asleep and waking in the middle of the night, having trouble falling back asleep, and also waking up early in the morning, before they’re wanting to get up.”

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