Do-Live-Well framework

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The message of the Do-Live-Well framework is “what you do everyday matters”, and it is essential to one’s health and wellbeing. There are four sections in this framework: 1. dimensions of experience, 2. activity patterns, 3. health and wellbeing outcomes, and 4.  forces influencing activity engagement. This frame work is a guide a person uses to reflect on the time used in occupations. This helps identify disrupted dimensions of experience that interrupts a person’s well-being. An OT might use this framework to assess the time a client dedicates to occupation and compare it to their quality of life. This theory does clearly state what is function and what is not functional. However, I strongly believe functional would be classified as a client dedicating time to do meaningful activities and them being satisfied with their quality of life. Overall, this framework aims to empower people of all ages to reflect on their patterns of activity engagement, in order to promote health.


Key terms associated with this theory include; health promotion/methods, well-being, and personal satisfaction. Health promotion/methods are ways that a client can improve their overall condition. Well-being is the overall happiness of the client. Personal satisfaction is a client’s sense of fulfillment of a need or want.

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