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Yesterday I explained Sundowning in Word of the Week. I began thinking about Mother’s sundowning experiences. This wasn’t a big problem with her, but some crisis situations did occur in late afternoon.
I found her sundowning activities usually were connected to something she customarily did in late afternoon in her earlier life.  When I delve deeper into other patients’ sundowning, I’ve realized this often is connected with an afternoon event of former days.

*Feeding chickens – When I was growing up on the dairy farm, we also raised chickens and sold eggs.  We fed the chickens mid-morning and again in later afternoon.  After we discovered Mother …read more