VIDEO+ARTICLE: Sundowning in dementia can derail evenings with anxiety, agitation, and confusion. Here’s why it happens—and what actually helps.
A few minutes of music each day can calm sundowning and help support brain health. A new study explains these protective benefits — and we’ll show you how to build gentle musical routines into evening care.
New Alzheimer’s research reveals brain cells follow a daily rhythm. When that rhythm breaks, late-day confusion and agitation grow. Learn why sundowning happens — and five simple habits to help calm evenings.
VIDEO ON SUNDOWNING: See UCLA’s Dementia Care Program deal with end-of-day agitation and irritability, known as “Sundowning”. A caregiver asks, “My loved one’s behavior tends to get worse when the sun starts to go down. He appears exhausted and restless. What can I do to get him through this time of the day?”
For 12 years, a special program called “Dusk ‘Til Dawn” has been successfully fighting sundowning.
“Sundowning” describes agitation and anxiety often felt towards the end of the day in dementia. See what it is and what you can do about it.
Daylight Savings Time can disrupt the environment and daily routine of people with Alzheimer’s. See how to be proactive when changing the clock.
A groundbreaking study corrected the circadian disruptions seen in Alzheimer’s mice by using time-restricted feeding. This may improve sleep, sundowning, confusion and memory.
Environment, Empathy and Engagement improve sundowning, or sundowners syndrome, in dementia and Alzheimer’s. Explore effective strategies to comfort and support your loved ones symptoms.
Alzheimer’s research from UVA Health suggests that enhanced light sensitivity may contribute to “sundowning” – the worsening of symptoms late in the day.
This gorgeous Owen Darnell poem is often referred to as the ‘Alzheimer’s Poem’.
Three important dementia studies focus on HS-AGING, a type of dementia almost as common as Alzheimer’s in the 85+ group. Yet few people have heard of it. Why? What makes it different?
UNDERSTANDING ALZHEIMER’S: Lisa Genova wrote the Alzheimer’s classic, “Still Alice”. See her discuss myths and facts about Alzheimer’s with leading Alzheimer’s activist Maria Shriver.
Three important dementia studies focus on HS-AGING, a type of dementia almost as common as Alzheimer’s in the 85+ group. Yet few people have heard of it. Why? What makes it different?
An intriguing study of 120 grandmothers might surprise you. Doctors know socially engaged people have better cognition and less dementia. But can a person get too much of a good thing? What’s the right balance?
Enjoy this great duet between a musician with dementia and his son. A triumph of spirit over Alzheimer’s! Sing-a-long if you like!
It looks like a sneeze cannot give anyone Alzheimer’s. While Alzheimer’s abnormal disease proteins do spread from cell-to-cell, they are not “infectious”. Check out the facts.
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