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30 March 2026
Learning ability
Learning ability
Eating and drinking
Eating and drinking
Continence
Continence
Body posture
Body posture
Mobility
Mobility
Day/night pattern
Day/night pattern
Getting dressed and undressed
Getting dressed and undressed
Body temperature
Body temperature
Hygiene
Hygiene
Avoidance of danger
Avoidance of danger
Communication
Communication
Contact with others
Contact with others
Sense of rules and values
Sense of rules and values
Daily activities
Daily activities
Recreational activities
Recreational activities
Learning ability
If you want to learn better or maintain your learning ability, we have the following tips for you:
Eating and drinking
If you want to eat and drink better, we have the following tips for you:
I Want to Eat and Drink Better
Continence
If you want to better deal with (in)continence, we have the following tips for you:
Video about how you can go to the toilet independently during the day:
Video about how you can go to the toilet independently at night:
Or the card with tips on how to use the toilet independently:
Body posture
If you want to know more about how to adopt a comfortable sitting position, click below.
If you want to know more about how to adopt a comfortable lying position, click below.
Mobility
Being able to stand up and remain standing is a great start for your mobility. Click here for tips and useful aids:
But there are many more transfers: from your bed, from your chair, to the toilet, etc. Look here at how you can do that better:
If you want to walk better, click here for tips and useful aids:
Climbing stairs is a very special form of walking. Click here for tips, alternatives to climbing stairs and useful aids:
It can always happen: falling. Here you will find tips and useful aids to be able to get up again after a fall:
I Want to Get Up Better After a Fall
Not everyone can walk. Rolling fortunately also gets you a long way. Take a look at this I Want Better:
What about cycling, driving, flying, public transport? Look here for tips, services and aids to literally help you on your way:
Day/night pattern
If you want to learn to better deal with problems related to your day and night rhythm, we have the following tips for you:
I Want Better Day-Night Rhythm
Getting dressed and undressed
If you want to get dressed and undressed better, we have the following tips for you:
Video with tips on how to dress and undress yourself:
Tip card 'Dressing and undressing'
Selection guide for support stocking applicators and removers:
Video about how to put on and take off your support stockings yourself
Body temperature
If you want to better deal with temperature changes, we have the following tips for you:
I Want to Deal Better with Temperature Changes
Hygiene
If you want to be more self-reliant in your daily personal care ('hygiene'), click through to:
Looking for useful aids to be able to shower sitting down? This Selection guide helps:
Video with tips on self-reliance in the bathroom:
Or the card with tips on washing and showering:
Avoidance of danger
Do you want to be able to ensure a safe and familiar home yourself? I Want Better Safety can help you:
Check your home with the checklist 'Stay upright, prevent falling' from Veiligheid.nl:
Even if your home is safe, there is still a lot you can do to prevent falls. Read the brochure 'Stay upright, prevent falling!' from Veiligheid.nl carefully:
There are many smart aids and practical tips that can be useful if you have fallen. Because you don't have time to go through everything at your leisure due to the fall stress, it is wise to do that afterwards. If you fall again, you will be better prepared:
I Want to Get Up Better After a Fall
With a personal alarm you can call in external help in an emergency. This selection guide helps you choose the (for you!) best one:
Communication
For tips and aids, first take a look at the 'I want to communicate better' from Scouters:
The institutes Visio and Bartimeus support, advise and guide visually impaired and blind people. You can find tips on their sites. You can also contact them with your specific questions.
For hearing problems you can also contact Hoorwijzer. According to themselves, they are the only real independent website for and made by hearing impaired people.
Contact with others
If you want to get started with making better contact with others yourself and how you can maintain that contact, click below for tips, experiences and aids:
Sense of rules and values
Click here for information and tips on reduced sense of norms and dementia:
How does society view someone with a disability or limitation? What norms are there? What is imposed? Click here for stories, reflections, tips, films etc.
Read the stories of an elderly advisor about self-reliance and sense of norms here:
Daily activities
If you want to be able to do your household better, we have the following tips for you:
Recreational activities
If you want to spend your free time more self-reliantly, take a look at this I Want Better Relaxation:
How to use the ZelfredzaamheidsRadar?
Watch the videos below for an explanation on how to use the ZelfredzaamheidsRadar.
Introduction
Discover what the ZelfredzaamheidsRadar is and how this tool can help you.
The 15 domains explained
Learn which domains there are and what they mean for self-reliance.
Filling in the radar
Step-by-step explanation of how to fill in the ZelfredzaamheidsRadar.