1.4. Activities of daily living

Activities of daily living

Meaningful daily life consists of many things. It is good to know about things that affect everyday living in a new country. Such things are for example daily rhythm, rest, climate and geography.

Activities of daily living include:

rest and sleeping
personal hygiene
feeding
physical and outdoor activities
social relationships and communication
sexuality

Managing finances and social activities are also activities of daily living, and part of meaningful everyday life.

Material progressed

1 Everyday life in Finland

1.1 Welfare and well-being1.2. Participating and influencing the environment1.3. Health, wellbeing and culture1.4. Activities of daily living1.6. Equality and discrimination1.7. A child and everyday living in Finland1.8. Child´s protection and child welfare

2 Coping and sustaining wellbeing

2.1 Stress and crises2.2 Managing the stressful situation2.3 Nature as a support of wellbeing2.4 Relaxation2.5 Self-destructive thoughts and self-destruction2.6 Where to seek help?

3 Work in Finland

3.1 Working culture in Finland3.2 Education3.3 Labour legislation3.4 General work life skills3.5 Job seeking3.6 Stages in a job seeking process3.7 Job application and CV

4 Professional Competence and competence development

4.1 Earning and proving your competence4.2 Assessing your own competence4.3 Professional competence4.4 Demonstrating the competence4.5 Recognition and comparing the degrees earned previously in countries of origin4.6 Developing your own competence

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