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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My grandparents (all 4 of them plus an assortment of step parent's elderly parents) are now in their 80s  and doing a lot of sundowning. They are all actually in quite good health and have full mental capabilities. I'm so happy they are still alive. However, the problem is that they have been behaving and talking like very old people since they were in their 50s. The grandchildren have been understanding of and helpful with the types of things that go hand in hand with aging family members...for 40 yrs!

In retrospect, I think they could have waited a while before seeing themselves with one foot in the grave. Some amount of sundowning and life reflection and neediness is understandable but it's just been going on my entire life. And now it is starting with our parents! I'm completely burned out.

Is there any advice for sundowning fatigue? Any conversations we can have with our parents to nip this one early on?[/quote]

How old are you?  My parents and ILs are/would be in their 80's.  We are in our early 50's.  Our children are in their 10's. [/quote]

Not OP but my grandparents are in their 80s and I'm 36. My oldest child is 15. It's possible (and very common) to be an adult and have grandparents in their 80s.[/quote]

I know it is possible, my youngest is 15 (eldest is 18) and his grandparents are in their 80's.   It is interesting that one family has 4 generations in the same time span as another's four generations. [/quote]

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