sundowners
Twilight cocktail hour
Sundowners has several distinct meanings.
In southern Africa and Australia, a sundowner is a drink taken at sunset—the evening cocktail hour.
In Australian slang, a sundowner was a tramp who arrived at a station at sundown, too late to work but in time for food and lodging.
In medicine, sundowning refers to increased confusion or agitation in dementia patients during late afternoon and evening: Her sundowners symptoms worsen every winter.
Dimming after sundown
- eveningLate day period
- gloamingPoetic term for dusk
- nightfallOnset of darkness
- afterglowLingering light or feeling
crepuscular · eventide · twilight · dimming · shadows · horizon · silhouette · dusky
Chronic cognitive impairment
- Alzheimer'sDegenerative brain disease
- agitationDisturbed, restless state
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
- elderlyAdvanced in age
cognitive · behavioral · caregiving · circadian · disorientation · restlessness · irritability · anxiety
dusk
Dimming after sundown
afterglow · crepuscular · eventide · twilight · dimming · shadows · horizon · silhouette · dusky · penumbra
dementia
Chronic cognitive impairment
- Alzheimer'sDegenerative brain disease
- agitationDisturbed, restless state
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
elderly · cognitive · behavioral · caregiving · circadian · disorientation · restlessness · irritability · anxiety · delirium
veranda
Roofed open-air porch
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- tropicsWarm equatorial region
- rajColonial period in India
gin · quinine · tonic · expatriate · settler · empire · club · bungalow · nostalgia · tradition
veranda
Roofed open-air porch
- safarisafari, safari park, game reserve, game reserves, safari lodge
- British RajBritish Raj, British India, East India Company, viceroys, governors
- East AfricaKenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi