Quality of life

The quality-of-life impact area addresses the holistic effects of the CCAM system on individuals’ physical, mental, social, and financial well-being.

The quality-of-life impact area addresses the holistic effects of CCAM on individuals’ physical, mental, social, and financial well-being. In the assessment, both objective and subjective perspectives are considered and interpreted relative to an individual’s values and goals.

Quality of life can be studied in terms of individuals’ physical, mental, social, and financial well-being. Physical well-being refers to fitness, or the ability to perform everyday tasks in daily life, and years lived without illness or disabilities. Mental well-being refers to positively experienced mental states and the perception of being able to reach goals, whilst having positive expectations towards life and experiencing a good standard of life. Social well-being means having meaningful and supportive relationships and feeling a sense of belonging to groups. Finally, financial well-being means having sufficient financial assets or purchasing power to meet personal needs, and being able to earn more assets, for example by working. The main components of the quality-of-life impact area are summarised in the next figure.

Main components of the quality-of-life impact area.