Spring Forward – Sleep Science, National Dream Day and National Color Therapy Month
Sherri Snelling, corporate gerontologist and “Caregiving Club On Air” podcast host has two great guests this episode::
Kathryn Grube, CEO and Founder of Functional Color Solutions is a color design expert and interior designer who is going to tell us more about color therapy and the key role it plays in our living environments and brain health – all in celebration of National Color Therapy Month.
Kathryn Grube, Functional Color Solutions 
Rick Renner – CEO of Dreampad, an innovative company in the world of sleep science, is the perfect guest for National Sleep Awareness Week March 12-18. Rick’s also going to touch on daylight savings changes and how that affects our sleep since we’ll be turning those clocks forward 1 hour on Sunday, March 12 to spring ahead!
Rick Renner, CEO of Dreampad 
Caregiver Wellness & Well Home Design News
1st Day of Spring is March 20 but Daylight Savings is Sunday, March 12 and Sleep Awareness Week of March 12-18 – family caregivers need to ensure their loved ones who are aging in place have their lights adjusted to avoid falls from poor lighting and use amber/orange nightlights instead of blue lights to not disrupt circadian rhythms and sleep health. Sherri explains in the news segment.
Sherri shares the latest in sleep tech for Well Home Design including a jet lag and shift worker app by Timeshifter; a new app; Sleep Space, that gives you a score on your REM/NREM sleep, recommends sleep sounds, gather your heart rate, HRV, oxygenation levels, sound in the bedroom, and micro-motions to find your sleep stages and improve your sleep quality – includes live coaching from sleep science experts; and 8Sleep mattresses and pods – cools your mattress (or buy whole new system) to help you get to sleep faster, stay asleep, improves sleep quality. These mattresses are very popular with pro athletes run a little pricey at $3,000 – mattress; $2,000 – pod cover.
National Dream Day is March 11 – Sherri shares how daydreams actually occupy 1/3 –1/2 of all our waking hours and can benefit our health and wellness through “free-moving” and “elastic thinking.”
Me Time Monday Wellness Hack
As always, we end our episode with our Me Time Monday Wellness Hack. We focus on sleep science and several hacks to help you get a good night’s sleep in recognition of Sleep Awareness Week March 12-18. The Me Time Monday Wellness hacks are all part of Sherri’s upcoming book, “Me Time Monday – The Weekly Self-Care Plan to Balance Body, Brain and a Busy Life.”
RESOURCE LINKS
Dreampad Sleep on Instagram
Elder Care Locator – eldercare.gov or call 1-800-677-1116
Sherri’s articles related to this episode
Moving Together to Prevent the Risk of Falls (PBS Next Avenue)
Dementia Friendly Design (USA Today)
An Essential Caregiving Fairy Tale: Sleeping Beauty (Huff Post)
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