Module 4 Lesson 5. Daily routines During the day It is helpful to plan activities that the person you care for enjoys doing, based on their prior interests and current abilities. Let’s look at an example Shireen loves to cook and used to prepare halwa and cake for family gatherings. Now that she has dementia, she sometimes forgets the ingredients and the order in which to put them in. At first, Shireen uses a cookbook to help her continue baking but she finds this increasingly difficult. The cake and halwa do not taste very good and have to be thrown away. Asma wants to help her mother keep up this activity. Check your understandingMaintaining prior activities and interests during the day. What suggestions do you have for Asma? Please select the correct answer from the responses below. As Shireen’s abilities change, Asma could plan some time during the afternoon to bake and cook with her mother.Asma should go shopping with her mother and buy easy to prepare desserts, “out of the box”, with limited added work to enable Shireen to continue to do some cooking and baking.Asma should put away the baking and cooking pans and tell her mother that it’s just not possible to do this anymore.Check As Shireen’s abilities change, Asma could plan some time during the afternoon to bake and cook with her mother. This is an excellent plan for the future! It allows Shireen to continue her routine with support as needed. Asma should go shopping with her mother and buy easy to prepare dessert, “out of the box”, with limited added work to enable Shireen to continue to do some cooking and baking. This is a good suggestion. It respects Shireen’s routine but adapts the activity to her current abilities. Asma should put away the baking and cooking pans and tell her mother that it’s just not possible to do this anymore. This is not very helpful. Asma has not tried to come up with an alternative to help her mother and it may make Shireen feel upset. 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.