sundowning
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sundowning (uncountable)
- (medicine, psychology, psychiatry) A state of agitation, confusion, or delirium, especially in patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease, which begins daily at nightfall and which is alleviated by daylight.
- 1986, Norma Sullivan and Barry Fogel, "Could This Be Delirium?," The American Journal of Nursing, vol. 86, no. 12, p. 1363,
- Impaired judgment and sundowning (increased confusion when orienting cues diminish at night) often makes it necessary to restrict and protect the delirious patient.
- 1986, Norma Sullivan and Barry Fogel, "Could This Be Delirium?," The American Journal of Nursing, vol. 86, no. 12, p. 1363,
