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Old 07-16-2004, 11:48 PM
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Originally posted by jharb
Her son is over at her house several times a week. He's only there during the days though, and she tends to start this in the evenings. He won't talk to us and almost ran over our cat once. We try and ignore her for the most part. With the Kleenex, everyone on our street sends each other small things for Christmas so it's not entirely off...she just tends to send household items.
Makes a lot of sense - a form of Alzheimer's is referred to as "Sundowner's Syndrome", since the behavior worsens after dark.

I'm glad her son stops in, though. Too often, the kids get grossed out & stop visiting.
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