I came home to visit my elderly mother, but when I offered to help bathe her, she shrank back in terror – usnews

Chloe smiled without warmth.

“How is she?”

“Exhausted.”

“She has difficult evenings,” Julian said. “The doctor calls it sundowning.”

“Which doctor?”

His fork paused.

“Dr. Halpern.”

I had met Dr. Halpern once. He was Mother’s cardiologist, not a neurologist.

“When did he diagnose her with dementia?”

Julian leaned back.

“I didn’t say dementia.”

“You said sundowning.”

“It’s a symptom.”

“Of what?”

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