title: How organizations can enhance the quality of life of their clients and assess their results: the concept of QOL enhancement.
abstract: This article presents the framework of a dynamic approach to quality of life (QOL) enhancement based on the conceptualization and measurement of individual-referenced quality of life. Sections of the article summarize the premises of QOL enhancement, provide the rationale for a dynamic approach to QOL enhancement, discuss six components of QOL enhancement, and discuss the parameters of an emerging theory of quality of life and the contributions such a theory would make to service delivery, policy development, and QOL-related research.
authors.forename: Hans S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Reinders
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Schalock
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States
keywords: Quality of life; quality of life enhancement; theory of quality of life