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What is sundown dementia?
Expert Answer by Paula Spencer
Sundown syndrome isn't a kind of dementia. It's an effect of it. "Sundowning" is a term that describes the onset of confusion and agitation that generally affects people with dementia or cognitive impairment and strikes in the late afternoon or early evening (when the sun goes down, hence the name). Learn more about it here.
