Should daylight saving time be abolished permanently?

I cared for my mother through dementia, and I can tell you what the clock changes do to a fragile mind. They detonate the routine. Meals, meds, sunlight, sleep, everything her remaining cognition clung to, shifted by an hour overnight. Caregiver groups warn that disrupted routines and early darkness worsen sundowning, the evening confusion and agitation that already makes nights brutal. Alzheimer's Association She did not understand why it was dark at dinner. She just knew something was wrong, and she was frightened. Multiply that by millions of families. Abolishing the switch is not about convenience. It is about not terrorizing the most vulnerable people in the country twice a year.