The Eight Conditions for Living Well
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01 - Living Well
Keeps the person’s life at the centre, asking whether people can live lives that remain recognisably their own.
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02 - Relationships & Community
Explores connection, belonging and the relationships that matter with staff, family, friends, peers and the wider community.
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03 - Meaning & Occupation
Looks at opportunities for purpose, interest, contribution and engagement that are meaningful to the individual.
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04 - Health, Safety & Wellbeing
Considers how people can be protected from avoidable harm while retaining rights, independence, agency and meaningful living.
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05 - Environment & Place
Explores how the physical and sensory environment influences comfort, independence, identity, belonging and ordinary life.
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06 - Leadership, Culture & Learning
Looks at how leadership shapes values, behaviour, openness, reflection, accountability and the organisation’s capacity to learn.
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07 - Systems & Practice
Considers whether systems help important knowledge, decisions and good practice travel reliably through the organisation.
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08 - Improvement, Impact & Sustainability
Explores how organisations learn from experience, test change, understand impact and sustain what makes life better.
From understanding to improvement
The Eight Conditions are not a checklist or scoring system. They provide a structure for exploring what everyday life feels like, recognising what is helping or getting in the way, and deciding where meaningful improvement is needed.