The staff at the Parker Jewish Institute in Hyde Park, NY were concerned about giving psychotropic medicine to their wondering dementia patients at night.  The staff has discovered that by offering a late night snack to those patients would cause the resident to return to bed and therefore reducing the risk of falling.  This article from NPR.org.

A patient, “a lovely man,” got out of bed around 2 a.m., as was his custom, picked up his newspaper and headed down the hall. He was preparing to “go to the market,” which had been his pattern when he was working. The nurse saw him and figured if he thought he was going to work, he should eat a little something. She gave him a slice of cake and a cup of coffee. He ate the cake, drank the coffee, and then went back to bed.

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