If you care for a parent with memory loss, you probably know the "4 PM Shift." All day long, things are fine. Mom eats her breakfast, watches TV, and chats with you. But as the afternoon goes on usually around dinner time something changes. She starts pacing. She gets cranky or anxious. She might pull at her clothes or keep asking to "go home," even though she is already sitting in her own living room. This isn't "bad behavior." It is a medical condition called Sundowning (or

An Alzheimer’s diagnosis can feel like a life-changing moment, one that shifts everything into before and after. For many families, the journey through Alzheimer's feels like being given a map to an unknown place written in a foreign language. The questions and concerns come quickly: How fast will this progress? Will Mom still recognize me next year? How do we prepare for what’s coming? While every person with Alzheimer’s experiences the disease differently, the progression g