Category Archives: Sleep Research

5 Tips to Better Teen Sleep

5 Tips to Better Teen SleepIs your teen sleep deprived?

With exams just around the corner, young people up and down the country are risking peak performance by losing out on essential sleep.

Whether it’s due to pulling all-nighters for exam revision or having too much screen time, sleep loss can have a significant impact on young people’s health, behaviour, mood, concentration, memory and, ultimately, performance at school.

We look at the effects of not getting enough shut-eye and how best to get our teenagers to sleep more.

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Three Steps to a Better Night’s Sleep

Three Steps to Better Sleep

Research shows that more and more of us are not getting enough sleep. In fact, 33% of us get by on less than 6 hours slumber a night!

Given that a lack of sleep can cause problems with our mental and physical health, it’s worth establishing a few new ground rules for a better night’s sleep. Continue reading →

National Bed Month

National Bed Month

As Spring approaches The Sleep Council, through its Bed Month campaign, reminds us that it might be time to be thinking about giving grotty old mattresses their marching orders – and invest in a better night’s sleep with a comfortable new bed.

Considering we spend a third of our life in bed, getting a good night’s sleep is essential to our health, well-being and productivity. Sleeping on the the right mattress ensures that we wake up refreshed.

The average lifespan of a mattress is around 7 years so it’s worth spending as much as you can afford to get a good quality, comfortable bed.

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How Much Sleep Do We need?

The National Sleep Foundation has produced new guidelines on how much sleep we need throughout our life.  Along with a multi-disciplinary expert panel, the NSF revised the recommended sleep ranges for all six children and teen age groups.

Even though sleep patterns are individual, ie there’s no magic number, the new NSF guidelines show us the amount of time a person should sleep, according to their age.

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Out With The Old And In With The New…Bed!

How to buy a new bed

The New Year signifies a time of change and transformation, offering us the chance to discard those things that hold us back.

For many the New Year encourages us to kick bad habits and establish new routines, from getting fit, eating healthier, to getting more and better sleep. 

Most adults need between six and nine hours of sleep every night and yet almost two-thirds of us suffer from sleep problems.

“Buy the right bed and you could be buying into night after night of quality sleep,” says Lisa Artis of The Sleep Council. “Anyone who has ever slept in a really comfortable or really dreadful old bed will know how it can affect the quality of sleep.”

If you know you need a new bed, but are unsure what you want or what suits you best, check out The Sleep Council’s guide to the questions you should be asking yourself… Continue reading →

Fall Back…to Sleep!

A Guide to Vacuum Packed Mattresses

As the evenings draw in and the mornings become increasingly darker, autumn marks the beginning of our shorter days. And with the clocks going back this weekend, Sunday 26th October, it’ll not be too long before we’re waking up in the dark, and travelling home in the dark too.

One consolation in all this gloomy nighttime talk of course is that precious extra hour we’ll get in bed. Yes, it’s the one time in the year when we don’t need an excuse to have a lie-in. But did you know that that extra 60 minutes of slumber is not just a guilty pleasure but it is actually good for you?

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Sleeptember Stress Busters

Sleeptember Stress Busters

With the launch of Sleeptember the Sleep Council’s latest research found that 90% of people admit to suffering from some form of stress in their lives, with almost two out of five saying they are regularly, frequently or constantly stressed.

In Northern Ireland 88% of people say they suffer sleep problems when stressed (UK Highest) and 76% have suffered from a sleep disorder. A further 46% say they regularly, frequently or always are stressed.

With millions of people caught in a vicious cycle of stress and sleepless nights the month of September has been identified by health professionals as being one of the most stressful months for many.

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The Benefits of a Sleep Diary

Keeping a Sleep Diary

One of the most common questions our customers ask our staff when buying a new bed is: ‘Will this help me sleep better?’ The simple answer is yes, especially if you’ve been experiencing sleep disturbance because of an old, worn and uncomfortable bed. However, replacing an old bed with a new bed is only one part of the solution in ensuring a good night’s sleep.

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The Cycles of Sleep

Sleep CyclesAs Giro d’Itlalia fever still courses through our veins after a fantastic weekend in Northern Ireland, we’ve all been in the pink watching the cyclists power-house through the cities, towns and villages in our wee country.

A double celebration for us at Dalzell’s as not only did the teams pass by our showrooms in Markethill but we’ve gone all out to embrace Giro fever by joining the ‘Cycle To Work Scheme‘ for our employees. 

Cycling, like any form of exercise, is one of the most effective changes we can make to impact our health positively ; but did you know that even gentle exercise can play an important role in our ability to get a good night’s sleep?

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7 Tips to Spring Clean Your Bed

Is Your Bed Up To Scratch?

Now that spring has finally sprung many of us our turning our minds to cleaning the home. Our bedrooms in particular need a good deep down clean at this time of year. From freshening up our bed linen to airing the mattress there are lots of ways to breathe new life into the bedroom.

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