Module 4 Lesson 5. Daily routines At bedtime At night, Shireen 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. Asma wants to adapt this routine to fit Shireen’s current abilities. Check your understandingAdapting routines. What suggestions do you have for Asma? Please select the correct answer from the responses below. Asma should get some books that have more pictures than words or audiotapes for Shireen.Asma should take the books out of Shireen’s room.Asma could read to Shireen for 15 minutes before she goes to sleep.Check Asma should get some books that have more pictures than words or audiotapes for Shireen. 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. Asma should take the books out of Shireen’s room. This is not a good response because it does not recognise how important reading is to Shireen. Asma should recognise that her mother and her can still share this routine; it just needs to be adapted. Asma could read to Shireen for 15 minutes before she goes to sleep. This is a good idea. It helps Shireen 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.