sundowning
C1CEFR level
70/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
A worsening of confusion, agitation and restlessness that occurs in the late afternoon and evening in people with dementia.
Staff learned to anticipate her sundowning, dimming the ward lights and reducing stimulation as dusk approached.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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