Rehabilitation for improving functional capacity
Rehabilitation is designed to further the functional capacity, independent coping, wellbeing, possibilities for participation and employment of people dealing with ill health, disability or incapacity.
The majority of rehabilitation services are free of charge. Some services, such as therapy and stays in a rehabilitation centre incur client fees.
Rehabilitation costs relating to workplace accidents, occupational diseases or traffic accidents are compensated from accident and motor insurance. Insurance institutions compensate clients for rehabilitation costs for the amount that they would have to pay. People receiving rehabilitation are compensated for loss of earnings in full.
Kela and occupational pension institutions pay rehabilitation allowances in the form of income support.
Medical rehabilitation
Aims to restore and maintain physical functional capacity (such as in cases of muscular-skeletal diseases).
Rehabilitative work experience
Includes statutory rehabilitation for long-term unemployed people.
Vocational rehabilitation
If illness is likely to cause work incapacity, the Social Insurance Institution (Kela) and the Finnish Pension Alliance (Tela) provide statutory assistance for a return to paid employment. Kela also organizes this form of rehabilitation in the event of diminished work and earnings capacity.
Rehabilitative psychotherapy
If the capacity to work or study is at risk due to mental health problems, Kela compensates the costs of rehabilitative psychotherapy for 16-67 year-olds.
Social rehabilitation
This is used to enable people who have become severely socially excluded to participate again in society by strengthening bases of their social functional capacity and social interaction.
Rehabilitation in the event of workplace or traffic accidents
Statutory rehabilitation is provided in the event of workplace accidents, occupational disease or traffic accident, paid for by accident and motor insurance institutions.
Rehabilitation under the Military Injuries Act
Statutory rehabilitation arranged for all who need it.
Disability services
Statutory services.
Medical rehabilitation for people with severe disabilities
Statutory services.
Other forms of social and health care rehabilitation
Provided according to municipal resource capacity.
Special education in comprehensive schools
Rehabilitation includes medical rehabilitation within health care, and rehabilitation for people with disabilities, drug and alcohol rehabilitation and social rehabilitation within social welfare
Vocational special needs education, The Labour Administration's vocational rehabilitation and Discretionary rehabilitation
Organised mainly for who are not covered by statutory entitlement to rehabilitation arranged by the Social Insurance Institution (Kela).
Costs and income security
The majority of rehabilitation services are free of charge. Some services, such as therapy and stays in a rehabilitation centre incur client fees.
Rehabilitation costs relating to workplace accidents, occupational diseases or traffic accidents are compensated from accident and motor insurance. Insurance institutions compensate clients for rehabilitation costs for the amount that they would have to pay. People receiving rehabilitation are compensated for loss of earnings in full.
Kela and occupational pension institutions pay rehabilitation allowances in the form of income support.