Module 4 Lesson 5. Daily routines At bedtime At night, Martha is used to reading quietly for about 30 minutes before she goes to sleep. As her dementia progresses, she finds that she is no longer able to read. Sometimes she is just staring at her book. She increasingly finds reading confusing. Penny wants to adapt this routine to fit Martha’s current abilities. 4. Check your understandingAdapting routines. What suggestions do you have for Penny? Please select the correct answer from the responses below. Penny should get some books that have more pictures than words or audiotapes for Martha.Penny should take the books out of Martha’s room.Penny could read to Martha for 15 minutes before she goes to sleep.Check Penny should get some books that have more pictures than words or audiotapes for Martha. This is a helpful adaption for people in the later stages of dementia who liked to read but find that they are not able to read books with a lot of words. Do you know any of the routines of the person with dementia that you care for? Please write down any ideas that you have about routines for the person you care for and how they can be adapted. Penny should take the books out of Martha’s room. This is not a good response because it does not recognise how important reading is to Martha. Penny should recognise that her mother and her can still share this routine; it just needs to be adapted. Penny could read to Martha for 15 minutes before she goes to sleep. This is a good idea. It helps Martha to continue enjoying reading but adapts the activity to her abilities. Error: Please select at least one option.Please click ‘check’ to view the answers before continuing.Error: Please type your answers in the text box. Tip For the morning, afternoon and bedtime, establish and maintain routines for as long as possible, but be prepared to adapt these as the abilities of the person living with dementia change over time. Printing out a list of daily routines can help. Do one for each day and put it up in a prominent place.