Alzheimers conditions?
patients with it get more agitated and restless in the evening? more harmonic more stuborn?
Answers: Yes, sundowning is typical in mid to late stage alzheimers. Usually behaviors like agitation are triggered by an unmet or unexplainable requirement. Try to find the cause of the agitation, sometimes it means they are hungry, or need to use the bathroom etc, or their routine have been interrupted. Source(s): Nurse
This is true for a lot of people near this disease and what you describe is known as "sundowning."
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Answers: Yes, sundowning is typical in mid to late stage alzheimers. Usually behaviors like agitation are triggered by an unmet or unexplainable requirement. Try to find the cause of the agitation, sometimes it means they are hungry, or need to use the bathroom etc, or their routine have been interrupted. Source(s): Nurse
This is true for a lot of people near this disease and what you describe is known as "sundowning."
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