My husband has been having bouts of Sundowning. It occurs for several days, and then stops for a while. When it happens, he says we have to pack up our pups and go home. When he previously would say he wanted to go home in early evenings, I could show him our pups and reassure him we are home because our pups are with us. Now he's saying he and the pups have to go home. What biological abnormality (besides just saying dementia) causes this bizarre affliction? Does anyone know?
Dementia is so complex, it's quite a mystery, Back when my Dad had sundowning, he would climb into his "time machine" and be transported back to the 1940's, back when he and my Mom were first married. Dad would call me saying he wouldn't be home tonight because of a late meeting at work, that he will stay at the hotel (which was actually his room at Memory Care). I would just play along so not to scare him.