8 Ways to Help Your Loved One Sleep Just as sleep is essential for us, the caregivers, it is also essential to our care receivers. Their brain needs time to process, reset, clear, and rest more than ours. This is mainly due to the fact that their brain has to work 3-4 times harder than ours. We remember where we are, who we are, who others are, and more that they do not.   Following are 8 things to try to assist in the sleep process:   Cut down on caffeine (coffee, tea, chocolate, cola)  and nicotine during the day, but especially several hours before bedtime. Caffeine can have a pronounced…