Don't Let the Sun Go Down
When Mom is angry, there is no reasoning with her: Alzheimer’s has robbed her of that intellectual function. Come the late afternoon, Mom’s righteous anger and indignant demands to leave the apartment are hard to defuse. We think she’s being affected by Sundowning Syndrome. It is common for Alzheimer’s patients to become agitated, aggressive, anxious or confused when the sun begins its descent. It seems that the fading light and increased shadows disrupt the internal body clo