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Originally Posted by Sugar's Mom Being a nurse, at first I thought he was sundowning as a lot of older people do. QUOTE]
My daughter (she too is an R.N.) used the word sundowning, in referring to her father in law whom later was diagnosed with alzheimers. Now she is referring to her mother in law with sundowning. Can you explain what this is?
I am so very sorry about your parents. We have had close friends and family
come down with this terrible disease.
It is so difficult with those suffering from these debilitating diseases, so very sad. Patti |
Patti, when people get older sometimes in the late evening as things begin to dim, sometimes they get very confused. When daylight breaks the next day, for some unknown reason, they are fine and usually don't even remember the previous evening or if they do, they think it was a bad dream. Sundown, confusion, sunup all clear. Thus the term 'sundowning' is used widely in the medical field.