The Doze Family

The Doze Family The National Sleep Foundation has made excellent use of web-based technology to send out a wake-up call to everyone who struggles to get a good night's sleep. Back in 2005 they created a video they titled

“The Cycles of Sleeping and Waking with the Doze Family”.

The Doze family consists of Mom (Jane), Dad (Joe), Daughter (Minnie) and Grandpa (Grandpa) Doze. Each of them deal with situations that prevent them from getting a good night’s rest. For different reasons, they struggle to consistently get the quantity and quality of sleep that will help them stay healthy, productive, and feeling their best.

When visiting with the Doze family, you'll learn how each family member’s sleep is impacted by his/her daily routine, lifestyle and age. How health, age, body temperature, chemicals in the body, sunlight, and other factors all play a role in our sleep patterns. How easily we fall asleep, how well we sleep, how long we sleep, and how easy or difficult it is to get out of bed in the morning. Of particular interest will be the experiences of Jane and Joe.

Jane Doze is a shift worker in a hospital. Jane struggles to sleep during the daylight hours, and then suffers through her shift at work, fighting off feelings of fatigue because her body and her environment are out of step with her natural need for sleep. According to the website, 2 out of 10 shift workers report falling asleep on the job, and while caffeine helps, the National Sleep Foundation says it merely hides the feelings of sleepiness, and does nothing to satisfy the human body's need for rest.

Joe, on the other hand, works a day shift but often brings work home, staying up late in order to fit his daily family, work, and personal duties into a 24-hour period. The stress arising from his routine and his responsibilities actually release hormones in Joe’s body that make a good night's sleep difficult to achieve. As a result, Joe's ability to function effectively decreases significantly, and he might even nod off at work.

To visit the “Doze Family” simply click on the following link.

The Doze Family


Source: The National Sleep Foundation website (www.sleepfoundation.org )

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