Sundowning, Sundowners and Night Terrors — Are they all the same thing

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I recently spoke with a friend diagnosed with Early On-set Alzheimer’s. He described  new symptoms that have begun to plague him. “Night Terrors” was the best he could manage to describe his fright-filled nights. At least, for a couple hours each night, as he sleeps, he is attacked by unbelievable terrors. Similar to a nightmare, [...]

When to Move Alzheimer’s Patient to Nursing Home?

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Moving Alzheimer’s Patient to Nursing Home Too often in life we are forced to do things we promised our parent or relative that we would never do. I was certain that Mom’s condition would never come to that, but a year into her late stage Alzheimers I found myself faced with the possibility that I [...]