For seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia, daylight saving time may exacerbate the symptoms of sundowning. Changes in daylight, mealtimes and sleep schedules often bring added emotional, behavioral and cognitive difficulties.
It’s almost that time again. On the first Sunday of November, daylight saving time ends and we turn our clocks back. This shift often has a dramatic effect on healthy individuals, but dementia patients and dementia caregivers have an especially difficult time adapting.
The Alzheimer’s Association estimates that as many as 20 percent of Alzheimer’s patients experience symptoms…
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