Alzheimer’s Word of the Week - Sundowning
SUNDOWNING
Sundowning refers to the agitation and wandering that occurs with Alzheimer’s patients in late afternoon, about the time the sun goes down. For some reason that researchers don’t completely understand, Alzheimer’s patients frequently tend to become agitated about this time of day.
Some have a greater tendency to wander in late afternoon, too. So they have to be watched more carefully at these times for their safety.
Have you experienced sundowning with your Alzheimer’s patient?
(Here’s an abstract about sundowning from the Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 9/22/07.)
(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen
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