Ageing - THL

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Municipality can promote well-being of older people

An important task of the municipality is to promote the well-being, health and functioning of its older residents in collaboration with other parties.

Well-being of older people in the municipality

End-of-life care is holistic

The aim of end-of-life care is to promote quality of life and ensure a dignified death.

End-of-life care

It is important to support informal carers to prevent exhaustion

Properly coordinated support that meets the needs prevents exhaustion in informal carers and improves quality of life of the person who needs care.

Informal care and adult foster care

Assessment of service needs

The RAI assessment is carried out together with the client. The comprehensive service needs assessment examines the client’s resources and the need for care and other help.

Assessment of service needs with the RAI system

Projects and programmes

FINGER project - Finnish intervention study to prevent cognitive decline and disability

Statistics

Networks

interRAI
An international collaborative to improve the quality of life of vulnerable persons through a seamless comprehensive assessment system.

Associations

Publications

The Implementation of Integrated Health Information Systems – Research Studies from 7 Countries Involving the InterRAI Assessment System

Organising of healthcare and social welfare in Finland: National Expert Assessment, spring 2023

Changes in older people's quality of life in the COVID-19 era: a population-based study in Finland

Classifying home care clients' risk of unplanned hospitalization with the resident assessment instrument

Occupational complexity and cognition in the FINGER multidomain intervention trial

Safely at All Ages – Programme for the Prevention of Home and Leisure Injuries 2021–2030

Julkari open archive

Topic Information

The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) supports the development of older people services. THL also assesses, follows and studies the implementation of the services.