Twilight time

People with dementia often have what they term sundown disorder in that symptoms are exacerbated in the evening. When my husband was in pilot training they used to talk about the various gradations of twilight and some wag inserted " blooding insulting twilight". That is how it is with this disease. The obsessive behaviour is more pronouced. There is an anability to settle. Doors get checked a thousand times. He looks to make sure his bike is still in the garage and he wants all noise to cease including that of the television in case it wakes his son ( who, incidentally lives a long way away and is 42 years old ). You begin to understand why nursing homes often medicate because if you have several patients with this disorder it would be all you could do to hang on to your sanity.