Sundowning
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My Mum used to wander with hers.....off to the non-existant, long gone "Church Social"...
now she doesn't wander anywhere...she can barely walk. Perhaps that's when the need dies - when the ability dies?
now she doesn't wander anywhere...she can barely walk. Perhaps that's when the need dies - when the ability dies?
My mother suffered from sundowning when she was in the middle stages. Tin, yes, medication can help but it can be rather hit and miss, as the reactions are so very individual. We found the AD drugs helped also.
I've often wondered what stage mum is at, still waiting for full diagnosis after scan 2 weeks ago. Because of the sundowning think I can safely say she is somewhere in the middle. She is definitely sundowning now. Poor thing, she can't stop checking her bags and worrying where everything is.
In my husband's case the puzzled and worried behaviour starts regularly, about now, exactly as the sun goes down behind our hill. At the moment he's happily filling a jug and going in and out to water plants and fill bird baths. I can predict that within half an hour he will be more anxious, and will be asking me to explain just exactly what's going on, and he won't understand the answer. This will happen over and over and over...until bedtime, which may be brought forward if I'm finding it hard to cope with. Then he will ask me if doors are locked and the windows closed over and over and over and over and over. Such a shame on a lovely summer evening. Luckily, I have a good book.
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Sundowning can happen at any time of day but usually in the late afternoon/early evening
Mums starts at 3.30 until 6pm and then she seems to "get over it"
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Mums starts at 3.30 until 6pm and then she seems to "get over it"
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