1. Sex ( ) | ||
2. Age ( ) | ||
3. Clinical experience (years) ( ) | ||
4. Have you experienced living with older people? (Presently yes / In the past yes / No) | ||
Please respond to the questions using the following scale that assumes that the distance between numbers is equal. Circle one number (1–7) that best represents your opinion: 1 (Strongly disagree) —2—3—4 (Neither agree nor disagree) —5—6—7 (Strongly agree). | ||
No. | Questions | Grading (7-point Likert-type) 1: strongly disagree 7: strongly agree |
1. | I am aware of a major age gap with older clients and find it difficult to think of suitable topics of conversation. | 1—2—3—4—5—6—7 |
2. | I am uncertain how seriously I should listen to older clients. | 1—2—3—4—5—6—7 |
3. | I always try to maintain a loud voice when I talk to older clients, so I tend to say things that are not really what I want to say. | 1—2—3—4—5—6—7 |
4. | I do not know how to react when older clients repeat themselves. | 1—2—3—4—5—6—7 |
5. | In conversation, when older clients talk about history, I am not sure what to do because my knowledge is limited. | 1—2—3—4—5—6—7 |
6. | I worry about the vision of older clients. How do they see and how much do they see? | 1—2—3—4—5—6—7 |
7. | When talking to older clients, I wonder whether my voice is the right volume and if my tone is appropriate. | 1—2—3—4—5—6—7 |
8. | When talking to older clients, I worry that I may exhaust them. | 1—2—3—4—5—6—7 |
9. | I wonder how older clients view us, the younger generation. | 1—2—3—4—5—6—7 |
10. | Older clients just want someone to listen to them all the time. | 1—2—3—4—5—6—7 |
11. | Older clients want somebody to listen to them and they want to talk about themselves. | 1—2—3—4—5—6—7 |
12. | It seems that once older clients start talking. They often do not stop. | 1—2—3—4—5—6—7 |
13. | It is difficult to know how to speak to and deal with older clients who have dementia. | 1—2—3—4—5—6—7 |
14. | I find it hard to hold conversations with older clients with hearing difficulties. | 1—2—3—4—5—6—7 |
15. | I find it hard to communicate with older clients with total aphasia. | 1—2—3—4—5—6—7 |