Sundowning

Sundown Syndrome, also known as sundowning, is a fairly common “clinical phenomenon” which has no exact definition. It most commonly appears in the elderly with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, and usually occurs in the late evenings and at night. The causes and range of symptoms of Sundown Syndrome are still being debated, but several symptoms, behaviors, risk factors, treatments, and methods of prevention have been identified. People should become more aware of the symptoms of sundowning so that they can recognize such behaviors in their own relatives. Symptoms and Behaviors Sundowning is a syndrome that patients with a memory-impairing illness have a common set of behaviors. These types of symptoms and behaviors that show in people that…

Working with demented patients poses challenges not just because of the difficulties that dementia imposes on the patients’ but also because of some associated constraints that are seen in these population. One such factor is wandering which you identified at a possible obstacle. Wandering in the evening otherwise called sundowning creates a challenge even in very structured settings. I am sure you have already thought about this but may have fewer tendencies to deal with wandering if your…

Walker Johnson Does the world have a plan to cure one of the world's deadliest diseases? Alzheimer's is a type of dementia that so far cannot be cured. It is the sixth leading cause of death in American adults. It affects about 13 million people worldwide. One in eight people around the age of 65 has it. And about 1 in 2 people over age 85 have Alzheimer’s disease. People with Alzheimer’s survive about half as long as same aged adults without it. How do we get this disease, and how quickly…

him Sam), I would ask him about lunch and he would say “Oh, I don’t remember what they gave me or I don’t think they gave us lunch yet”. Similarly, forgetfulness is a symptom to memory deficits as people with dementia tend to forget things that are related to their short term memory. Furthermore, sundowning is a symptom that I have observed and confirm with my supervisor as she mentions this is a symptom of Alzheimer or dementia/memory deficits. This is when confusion and agitation worsen in…

impairment. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia in seniors (75 percent of cases), but it is not the only kind. Other forms of dementia include vascular dementia, which often follows a stroke; frontotemporal lobar degeneration and corticobasal degeneration, in which areas of the brain start to shrink; and Parkinson's disease dementia. While the causation and prognosis of each dementia type vary, one thing is certain: if your senior loved one has any form of dementia, they…

the Psychogeriatric Assessment Scale. A potential threat to the external validity of my assigned study is selection-treatment interaction because the selection of the participants was purposeful only to those who had moderate to severe cognitive impairments. This method of selection is not representative of the geriatric population within aged care facilities; this intervention is only specific to participants with intensified dementia related behaviors. Another potential threat to the external…

music or sounds that the person finds enjoyable for up to 30 minutes in a quiet room. Research in care homes has shown that music or white noise therapy has beneficial effects in people with dementia. In a study designed by Mansfield and Werner in 1997, the treatment significantly helped people who were frequently shouting. Music therapy can help to reduce the incidence of shouting and agitation, and can even be as effective as sedative drugs. Many people with dementia become more confused and…

tells the story of people who are fighting against nature, and it effectively portrays poverty without sugar coating or giving away typical and sometimes upsetting stereotypes. Eli Hager has a similar opinion on Beasts of the Southern Wild as I do as stated in his critique, A Second Look at Beasts of the Southern Wild and the “Poverty Porn” Critique. Hager believes that people should watch the film Beasts of the Southern Wild. According to Hager not telling the story that this film tells would…

Dementia mostly affects people’s activities that they would do in their everyday life. Also, the caretakers of dementia patients are greatly influenced on their patient's behavior. One big example of a consequence of dementia is the amount of sleep that dementia patients lack, and how much sleep caretakers of these dementia patients are lacking too. But the good news is that sleep in dementia patients can be improved if you complete the correct tasks. Confusion, mood swings, and sundowning are…