The times...they are a-changin'
So things are going "south" quickly around here. For the past 3 months, Mom has become increasingly agitated, frustrated, afraid. This happens particularly after 3:30 pm daily. Typically called sundowning, it has many facets, including the idea that the person knows at that point that he or she no longer knows what he or she knows. At first when this began, we went through the ritual of explaining what has happened over the past 15 years, based on questions Mom asked. We didn't volunteer any information that she didn't ask about. Gradually, the questions stopped, and we are at the point now where Mom just wants to "go home". She gets anxious when told she is home, she gets frustrated when she goes anywhere, home or not. Mom doesn't know where home is these days...her home in Lordship doesn't release any information to her when she is driven by...when she is at our home, she still wants to go home. When Mom is at her current home, she can...