[Their own bedroom in their own home]

The elderly, choose one room and one only in their apartment or house in order to economise. By finding new landmarks, preserving memories and objects to feel good, the elderly person creates rituals that promote rest, enjoyable past-times and sleep too ward off the anxieties of the night.

[How do you sleep?]

A training course devoted to night work in geriatrics is an opportunity for nurses to question their relationship with sleep. Out-of-sync biological rhythms are not without consequence on nurses' health. However, nurses working night shifts appreciate the autonomy and solidarity within the team, as well as the special relationships which can be forged with the patients.

[Deterioration of social relationships at home and lack of appetite]

The search for food, the need to "eat to live", was for a long time man's main concern. But through the centuries, the meal has come to represent a moment of conviviality, exchange, social rituals and codes which go beyond the simple pleasure of satiation. Meals and the art of living therefore go hand in hand. What happens, though, as people get older and relationships wane? How can elderly people regain the desire to eat and an interest in other people?