Stop Routine asking for permission to open skill

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I'm trying to setup several routines for my father-in-law who has advanced dementia.

When trying to access a skill verbally everything works fine,
 but when the same commands are put in to a routine then, when the routine starts
Alexa starts saying the skill is  "enabled do I want to play/open ...the skill" -- waiting for a verbal Yes.

Such simple interactions are too much for my father-in-law, is there anyway to override this permission request
and just execute/play the skill?

TIA