Posted 1-6-2020 Hi all! I trust you had a nice weekend! I also hope you are off to a roaring start in 2020 in service and love for humanity and, in our context, service specifically for folks suffering around the dementia dumpster fire with us. If you have a loved one and are struggling to…
Tag: sundowners
Pretty Moon Last Night, Huh?
Posted 12-11-19 Tonight at 12:12 am on 12-12-19, the full moon, a “cold” moon, will appear most full. With this visual shape of the moon, crimes will skyrocket, ERs will be jam-packed and Alzheimer’s patients will all be restless and experience sundowning, right? Experience says “Sure seems like it to me!”, but science is all…
“O Holy Nights” to Come
Posted 4-10-19 Yes, I’m THAT guy. I am still listening to Christmas music on April 10th. My only wish is that Easter music was so widely created. (I do love several traditional Easter songs too, such as “He’s Alive”, “Because He Lives” and “He Arose” to name a few). It is amazing and it brings…
Zzzzzzzzzzz
Mom was still zonked today. Teetering back and forth between blaming this slumberamasville season on disease progression or on over-medication is a common mental exercise we, like many of you, face these days. Facts: It does take time to build up enough of a chemistry from taking a medicine to start to work. Mom has…
Whack Probability
Posted 2-25-19 Mom did pretty well today, but was fading fast toward Slumbersville the second half of my time. Sundowners has her sleep patterns so out of whack that visits during the day are a 50/50 shot whether she will be up and ready for company. Sadly, she was so sleepy that she had a…
Sun Down, Lids Up
Posted 1/6/19 Mom had a busy night last night again…up pretty much all night and sleeps half or more of the day. Sundowners. (aka Alzheimer’s patients’ TurboColic) Think it through with me…are patients literally confused at when it is time to sleep, or, could it be that the peace of quietness outweighs the need to…
Sundowners is a Downer, Son.
Posted 12/31/18 Hey all…let’s talk some sundowners/sundowning in Alzheimer’s Land!! (Tied for the worst amusement park name ever with Alzheimer’s World, Dementiaville and with Barefooted Lego Village.) Sundowners is an added value condition to the already raucous fun of Alzheimer’s. Folks with Alzheimer’s sometimes struggle in this way with late in the day issues, sometimes…
Nice Visit
Posted 11/26/18 Had a nice time visiting mom today. She had a challenging day and wouldn’t accept her bath (very common for her). Sad to have to be “given a bath” for a proud person as she is/was. 🙁 By the time my stepdad got there after lunch, she started settling down and by the…