2024 Volume 43 Issue 6 Pages 812-820
[Objective] To implement a comprehensive approach through multidisciplinary collaboration for dementia patients with sleep disorders and verify the intervention effects through the visualization of daily rhythms. [Case] An elderly female in her 80s with Alzheimer's-type dementia presenting daytime sleep and nighttime awakenings, also diagnosed with orthopedic conditions. [Methods] We evaluated activity rhythms using synthetic period regression analysis and implemented three approaches to improve life rhythms. [Results] Both the diurnal and interday variability of the rhythm of life improved, with the subject's maximum value time during the day around 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. With improved arousal, the subject was able to urinate and defecate in the toilet during the day. [Conclusion] The life rhythms of dementia patients improved through three comprehensive approaches through multidisciplinary collaboration.
