The unexpected benefit that retirement has on your sleep quality
You sleep better after you've retired, says new study We'd always assumed that sleep quality diminished as you got older, but it looks like that might not be the case after all...
In fact, a new study has revealed that people sleep better and for longer after they reach retirement age.
It seems as if giving up work leads to a reduction in sleep difficulties, researchers from the University of Turku in Finland have said.
The team concluded this after analysing data from over 5,000 Finnish pensioners, who retired between the years 2000 and 2011.
The volunteers answered a questionnaire about their sleep quality both before and after retirement, with surveys taking place every four years.
And it seems that sleep quality improves after we give up work, and continues t...
