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Posts Tagged with "sundowning"

  • ElderCare, Featured

    Posted on November 17th, 2011

    Written by Katherine Askew

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    Aegis Assisted Living, Aegis Living, Aegis Senior Living, Alzheimer's disease, Dementia, early-stage Alzheimer's, Sundowners, Sundowners disease, Sundowners Syndrome, sundowning, young onset Alzheimer's

    SUNDOWNERS SYNDROME EXPLAINED (via Aegis Living)

    WHAT IS SUNDOWNERS SYNDROME?
    Sundowners syndrome can be seen as a mood or sleep disorder where the patient suffers from agitation, uncertainty, and confusion.  It usually occurs during the late afternoon or early evening hours. This agitated mood and irritability can be directed towards anyone.  Sundowners Syndrome, also called “sundowning”, is usually an ailment  that is experienced by the older population.
    The syndrome is not fatal.  It is most often a subset… More

  • Health & Disability

    Posted on August 1st, 2011

    Written by David Downey

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    alzheimer, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's disease, Dementia, dementias, dementias in minorities, Heart disease, infarcts, Multi-infarct dementia, personality changes, post stroke dementia, sundown effect, sundowning, vascular dementia

    VASCULAR DEMENTIA

    A FAMILY STORY

    My sweet, little 92 year old mother awoke from a nap in her hospital bed and demanded to go check her mail, and she wasn’t the least bit pleasant about it.  We had enjoyed normal conversations before she had slipped off to sleep, but upon wakening, my only thought was, who was this she-devil in my mom’s bed that looks just like her?
    Being unfamiliar at that time as to how to speak to someone suffering from dementia, I wrongly tried to reason with her, and that just… More

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