Tender4Life - Self-Assessment Questionnaire

Tender4Life - Self-Assessment Questionnaire
Tenderness4Life Self-Assessment tool was originally developed and tested by the project Consortium.

The questionnaire can be considered as a mechanism for identifying one’s own weaknesses and strengths, it can determine the learning needs and provide insight into an individual’s thoughts, feelings, and emotions toward elderly patients.

This tool can help formal caregivers to identify their behavior and in the end make decisions that may benefit both, the caregiver and the elderly person. Besides the evaluation of the “humanistic care competences” needed in the elderly care process, the Tenderness4Life partnership also acknowledges that there may be educational benefits simply by the process of self-reflection.

Tender4Life project aims to promote the professional development of low skilled adults working in elderly care settings, by providing them with a complementary and alternative curriculum, based on a humanistic approach.

More information: https://www.tender4life-project.org/

Tenderness4Life Assessment Tool is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at https://www.tender4life-project.org/.

Please read the following statements, which refer to common ways of dealing with users in care settings. Think about your last month of work and rate how you behaved in accordance with each statement using a 5-point scale from 1 = “not at all” to 5 = “very much”. If one of the questions is not applicable to your situation please skip to the next one.

The Assessment Questionnaire contains 28 questions and the timeframe needed to answer is 15 - 20 minutes.
Please select one of the options below according to your situation:*

1. I have been able to allow my clients the time they need to eat by themselves.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

2. I have been able to take care of the social interaction with my clients as much as I take care of their personal care needs.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

3. When performing care activities, I have been able to respect the modesty of the clients.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

4. I have been able to assess the reliability of health information found on the internet.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

5. I have listened carefully to my clients and asked questions to better understand what they were saying.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

6. I have been able to understand my clients and to connect emotionally.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

7. I have been able to recognize that each client has different interests and expectations.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

8. I have been able to encourage my clients to be resilient and persistent when trying to overcome challenges.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

9. I have been able to develop a care plan for a client taking into account his/her personal preferences, beliefs and values.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

10. I have been able to protect personal information of my clients, preventing unauthorized persons to have access to them.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

11. I have been able to exchange documents by email or by other digital platforms with colleagues.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

12. I have been able to establish a positive communication with the families of my clients.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

13. I have been able to use humor to redirect/divert attention and change the behavior of my client.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

14. I have been able to explore and understand the wishes of clients with cognitive decline.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

15. I have been able to support my clients suffering from memory impairment to continue performing their day to day activities as much as possible.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

16. I have been flexible in adapting a care protocol to meet the needs of the client.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

17. I have been able to balance the respect of privacy of my clients with my duty to protect them from risks.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

18. I have been able to advise my clients to be cautious about what information they share on the internet.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

19. I have been able to work in a team.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

20. When a client had a challenging behavior, I have been able to control myself.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

21. I have been able to challenge a practice that I considered detrimental for the dignity of the client.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

22. I have been able to find a balance between protecting my clients from the risk of falling and allowing them to continue to move freely.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

23. When I have faced a challenging situation in the work place, I have been able to stop and reflect on my immediate reactions in order to correct possible mistakes.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

24. I have been able to ensure confidentiality of personal information shared with me by my clients.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

25. I have been able to search for clarifications for unknown medical terms on the internet.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

26. I have been able to give instructions to a colleague in such a way they were correctly understood.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

27. I have been able to respect the time of my clients and not to interrupt them from activities they enjoy whenever possible.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

28. I have been able to make arrangements to ensure confidentiality when discussing a private matter with a client.

	1	2	3	4	5

1 is Not at all, 5 is Very much

Total score - Autonomy
Total score - Quality of Life
Total score - Privacy
Total score - Digital competencies
Total score - Collaboration
Total score - Compassionate care
Total score - Respect of dignity of the care recipient
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Postal / Zip CodeCountry
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