The authors caution that ‘‘21.3% of persons aged 60
and older in Spain sleep at least 10 hours per day.’’ Moreover,
nearly two-thirds of the sample reported 8 hours or
more of sleep, and 8 hours was associated with significant
mortality. However, against the current zeitgeist that we are
a sleep-deprived society, this point is far from the message
that older adults commonly receive. The message they
hear is that 8 hour of sleep is necessary for health and that
they ought to be able to sleep that long