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30 March 2026

Learning ability

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Learning ability

Eating and drinking

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Eating and drinking

Continence

Your score

Continence

Body posture

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Body posture

Mobility

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Mobility

Day/night pattern

Your score

Day/night pattern

Getting dressed and undressed

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Getting dressed and undressed

Body temperature

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Body temperature

Hygiene

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Hygiene

Avoidance of danger

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Avoidance of danger

Communication

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Communication

Contact with others

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Contact with others

Sense of rules and values

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Sense of rules and values

Daily activities

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Daily activities

Recreational activities

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Recreational activities

Learning ability

If you want to learn better or maintain your learning ability, we have the following tips for you:

I Want to Learn Better 

 

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

Selection guide 'Taking pills'

Selection guide 'Drinking cups'

Continence

If you want to better deal with (in)continence, we have the following tips for you:

I Want Better Continence 

Video about how you can go to the toilet independently during the day:

Video

Video about how you can go to the toilet independently at night:

Video

Or the card with tips on how to use the toilet independently:

View tip card: Using the toilet

Body posture

If you want to know more about how to adopt a comfortable sitting position, click below.

I Want Better Sitting Posture

If you want to know more about how to adopt a comfortable lying position, click below. 

I Want Better Lying Position

 

Mobility

Being able to stand up and remain standing is a great start for your mobility.  Click here for tips and useful aids:  

I Want to Stand Up Better

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: 

I Want Better Other Transfers

If you want to walk better, click here for tips and useful aids: 

I Want to Walk Better

Climbing stairs is a very special form of walking. Click here for tips, alternatives to climbing stairs and useful aids: 

I Want to Climb Stairs Better

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:  

I Want to Roll Better

What about cycling, driving, flying, public transport? Look here for tips, services and aids to literally help you on your way:

I Want Better Transport

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:

I Want to Dress Better

Video with tips on how to dress and undress yourself:

Video

Tip card 'Dressing and undressing'

Tip card 'Support stockings'

Selection guide for support stocking applicators and removers:

Selection guide

Video about how to put on and take off your support stockings yourself

Video

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:  

I Want Better Hygiene

Looking for useful aids to be able to shower sitting down? This Selection guide helps: 

Selection guide

Video with tips on self-reliance in the bathroom: 

Video

Or the card with tips on washing and showering:

Tip card: Washing & showering independently 

Avoidance of danger

Do you want to be able to ensure a safe and familiar home yourself? I Want Better Safety can help you: 

I Want Better Safety

Check your home with the checklist 'Stay upright, prevent falling' from Veiligheid.nl:

Download checklist

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:

Download brochure

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:  

Selection guide Personal Alarm

Communication

For tips and aids, first take a look at the 'I want to communicate better' from Scouters: 

I Want to Communicate Better

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. 

Visio

Bartimeus

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.

Hoorwijzer

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:  

I Want Better Contacts

 

Sense of rules and values

Click here for information and tips on reduced sense of norms and dementia:

Alzheimer League

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. 

I Want Better Sense of Norms

Read the stories of an elderly advisor about self-reliance and sense of norms here:

Stories 

Daily activities

If you want to be able to do your household better, we have the following tips for you:  

I Want to Do Groceries Better

I Want to Do Dishes Better

I Want to Cook Better

I Want to Clean Better

I Want to Wash and Iron Better

Recreational activities

If you want to spend your free time more self-reliantly, take a look at this I Want Better Relaxation:  

I Want Better Relaxation 

 

How to use the ZelfredzaamheidsRadar?

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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.

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