Quality of Life Resources
The World Health Organization (WHO) Quality of Life (QoL) frameworks (2004) provide a researched and structured way to understand the lived experiences of people across cultures and experiences. They have been adapted here as a way for people with communication access needs to give feedback about their lives.
Using the resources regularly can support communication, enable better decision making, improve relationships and give greater recognition of autonomy.
Here is a video explaining more about the purpose of using QoL.
You can also use this link to get a PDF of the video if you prefer.
To use the resources there are four steps: Understanding, Thinking, Talking, and Recording and Acting. Click on the sections to learn more about each step
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What is Included in QoL Resources?
The WHO QoL covers relationships, physical and mental health and community. These resources have renamed community as lifestyle and added in a fifth area, communication.
Each of the areas comes with a video explaining what each of the areas is about and a PDF of the different pages of the video for those who prefer to interact with them that way. There is also a Talking Mat and ALD for each of the areas.
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