Factors Affects The Quality Of Life

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For this essay, I will be providing a reflective account on my personal views, experiences and concepts from various professionals regarding the factors that can impact on quality of life. The different perspectives of the ideas of health, well-being and quality of life will be examined and a conclusion will be made, in conjunction with various theories, ideologies and my own interpretations being explored. I will compare different theories of what affects the quality of life and use what I have learnt from the module materials to support any declarations made. I currently work within Social Services and experience daily, factors that can affect quality of life. We provide services to help promote independence and meet people’s needs, may it be home help, access to community groups etc. From my experience, I believe the factors are wide ranging depending on the individual and quality means many different things to people. Furthermore, the needs to achieve a good quality of life include basic and subjective needs that are relevant to individual. Factors that could affect quality of life include basic needs, medical conditions, social exclusion or isolation. Increased personal awareness and levels of power and participation can work alongside each other to create a better quality of life. Quality of life is defined as the physical, …show more content…

It equates for four types of need; normative, felt, expressed and comparative. in the older generation, they may not think they have a felt need or want to say what they need. Whereas the younger generation, may feel they are deserving of all needs. A critical approach now used due to the changes in the Care Act, give focus to both basic needs and the needs for a sense of subjective wellbeing as the main consideration is for a person’s well-being and what is important to them and their family which goes beyond Maslows theory. Quote pg

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