USA Care Provider Helps Families Identify and Manage 'Sundowning Syndrome'

USA Care Provider Helps Families Identify and Manage 'Sundowning Syndrome'

Many parents of young children often dread the notorious “witching hour”, the period of increased fussiness and crankiness that usually lasts an hour or two before bedtime.  Now, caregivers of elderly relatives are having to combat “sundowning syndrome”, a set of symptoms characterized by increased confusion, agitation, and restlessness that typically occur in the late afternoon or early evening in elderly individuals, most notably those with de…