Routines

Question 1

Strengths of routines

Answer 1

It helps the professional know where to target support: if someone says it takes 2 hours to get out of bed you will know that is where they need support.

Question 2

How does making records of routines help key workers to know

Answer 2

• about daily, weekly and occasional activities
• how to support the person to be prepared for what they are doing each day
• what is important in the persons life
• what works well/what doesn’t work well

Question 3

At a review meeting, a routines chart could

Answer 3

• be updated with information from all those attending the meeting
• help to generate actions that will help the person to have more of what is important to them

Question 4

Weaknesses of routines

Answer 4

• some people can’t speak
• some people may not have many routines
• the professional will have to learn lots of different ways to ask the questions so they can get the answers they need