Parental perspectives on care for sleep in children with cerebral palsy: a wake-up call.

Parents face numerous challenges caring for their child's sleep and the burden placed on families by sleep problems is underappreciated. In order to break the vicious circle of sleep problems and their disastrous consequences on the wellbeing of families, we need to wake up to parent-identified issues and shortcomings in healthcare. Care for sleep should be integrated into paediatric rehabilitation through routine inquiries, using a family-centered and multidisciplinary approach.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONThe heavy burden placed on families by sleep problems in children with cerebral palsy warrants acknowledgement in paediatric healthcare.Sleep should be routinely addressed by clinicians during health assessments using a family-centered, and multidisciplinary approach.Healthcare professionals ought to adopt a proactive, understanding, and non-judgmental attitude when addressing sleep problems.Future research should focus on developing sleep intervention strategies that take into account the diverse parental concerns and needs unique to each family situation.