The elderly

Slightly more than one million of the Finnish population are aged over 60, and of them around 400 000 are over 75 years old.

This page contains links from the Suomi.fi portal that contain important information and services for people who will soon be retiring from working life and for those who have already retired. Information can be found on benefits, health care and the fundamental rights of citizens.

The page consists of links that can be found in the subject pages of the Suomi.fi website. The links take users only to sites created by the public sector or civic organisations. Commercial sites or sites run by private individuals are not linked to the Suomi.fi website.

The right-hand side of the page contains links to important services for the elderly, forms and laws. The contact information for the public sector organisations responsible for the links can also be found in this column.

Housing and construction

• Housing allowance for pensioners
  Eligibility for the housing allowance, amounts and appeal.
  http://www.kela.fi/in/internet/english.nsf/NET/100702100654MH?openDocument
  Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela

Families and social services

• Guardianship
  Guardianship services are intended for people who are incapable of looking after their own financial affairs. About the appointment of a guardian and the guardian's responsibilities.
  http://www.om.fi/20943.htm
  Ministry of Justice
• Home help and home nursing care
  Information about municipal home help and home nursing services.
  http://www.stm.fi/en/social_and_health_services/old_people/services_and_benefits
  Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
• Home help for the elderly
  Information on home help and home repair advice for war veterans and the aged.
  http://www.vanhustyonkeskusliitto.fi/fin/in_english/organizational_work/
  Central Union for the Welfare of the Aged
• Pensioners' care allowance
  Pensioners' care allowance is intended to make it possible for pension recipients with an illness or disability to live at home, as well as to promote home care and to reimburse pension recipients for extra costs caused by illness or disability.
  http://www.kela.fi/in/internet/english.nsf/NET/110806122436AK?openDocument
  Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela
• Pensioners' care allowance
  Pensioners' care allowance is intended to make it possible for pension recipients with an illness or disability to live at home, as well as to promote home care and to reimburse pension recipients for extra costs caused by illness or disability.
  http://www.kela.fi/in/internet/english.nsf/NET/110806122436AK?openDocument
  Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela
• Private family care
  Information about the private family care, i.e. the round the clock care provided to someone in a private home outside their own home environment.
  http://www.stm.fi/en/social_and_health_services/social_services
  Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
• Services for older people
  The main types of services for the elderly, policy on ageing and services, framework for high-quality care and services.
  http://www.stm.fi/en/social_and_health_services/old_people
  Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
• Services for the elderly
  When the health and functional capacity of elderly people deteriorate, they are entitled to many kinds of social and health care services. The right to some benefits is dependent on how long the elderly person has lived in Finland.
  http://www.infopankki.fi/en-GB/vanhukset/
  Produced by several organisations
• Support for informal care
  Regulations on support if relatives take care of an old person.
  http://www.stm.fi/en/social_and_health_services/old_people/services_and_benefits
  Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
• Tasks of a guardian
  Tasks of a guardian, compensation for expenses, termination of the task.
  http://www.om.fi/20952.htm
  Ministry of Justice

Health and nutrition

• Ageing and alcohol
  Answers to the growing need of help elderly people with their drinking problems.
  http://www.tippavaara.info/too_much_is_always_too_much__ageing_and_alcohol_development_project/?session=38947060
  Produced by several organisations
• Living will
  One's will on his treatment in case he, for a severe accident, illness or elderness, looses his ability to express his will.
  http://www.stakes.fi/EN/Palvelut/livingwill.htm
  National Institute for Health and Welfare THL

Teaching and education

• Computer Driving Licence
  Taking the Computer Driving Licence tests, exam sites and a preliminary test to assess your skills before taking the actual test.
  http://www.tieke.fi/in_english/eskills_examinations/examinations/
  TIEKE Finnish Information Society Development Centre
• Genealogical research
  Information about genealogical research. Indexes and directories. Family societies.
  http://www.genealogia.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=151&lang=en
  Genealogical Society of Finland
• Open university
  A portal to open universities. Database of all courses, third-age university education.
  http://www.avoinyliopisto.fi/en-GB/
  Universities
• Universities of the third age
  The university programmes for the third age are a special form of open university. Their aim is to impart knowledge of topical research findings to older people, as well as to offer them opportunities to independent studies at the university level without
  http://www.avoinyliopisto.fi/en-GB/
  Universities

Work and pensions

• Age and work
  Information on ageing and its challenges in working life.
  http://www.ttl.fi/Internet/English/Thematic+pages/Ageing+and+work/
  Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
• Disability pension
  Eligibility requirements for disability pension.
  http://www.tyoelake.fi/Page.aspx?Section=39386
  Finnish Centre for Pensions
• Earnings-based pensions for local government employees
  Statutory earnings-related pensions for local government employees and office-holders.
  http://www.keva.fi/default.asp?cid=2&lang=en
  Local Government Pensions Institution
• Earnings-related pensions
  A joint portal to the entire earnings-related pension scheme, both in the private and public sector, and information about pension services. Personalised services require identification.
  http://www.tyoelake.fi/Default.aspx?Lang=2
  Finnish Centre for Pensions
• Farmers' Social Insurance Institution MELA
  Information about pensions for self-employed farmers.
  http://www.mela.fi/526/Insured-wellbeing
  Farmer's Social Insurance Institution Mela
• Foreigner working in Finland
  Information about earnings-related pension and the residence-based national pension.
  http://www.tyoelake.fi/Page.aspx?Section=45206
  Finnish Centre for Pensions
• National pension
  Finnish citizens living in Finland are entitled to a national pension if they have lived in Finland for a total of at least 3 years after reaching age 16.
  http://www.kela.fi/in/internet/english.nsf/NET/100702121508MH?openDocument
  Social Insurance Institution of Finland Kela
• Old-age pension
  Information on old-age pension. Early and deferred old-age pension.
  http://www.tyoelake.fi/Page.aspx?Section=39400
  Finnish Centre for Pensions
• Part-time pension
  Information about part-time pension: entitlemet criteria, amount and industry-specific features.
  http://www.tyoelake.fi/Page.aspx?Section=39393
  Finnish Centre for Pensions
• Pensions and social security in the EU
  The Eulisses web site features information and advice on pensions and social security questions in the EU and between the EU and the EEA areas.
  http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/social_security_schemes/eulisses/jetspeed/portal/media-type/html/language/en/user/anon/page/homepage.psml
  European Commission
• Private pension insurance
  Information about the effects of private pension insurance on the earnings-related pension and old-age pension.
  http://www.tyoelake.fi/Page.aspx?Section=39353
  Finnish Centre for Pensions
• State treasury pension services
  Statutory earnings-related pension security to state employees.
  http://www.statetreasury.fi/Public/default.aspx?culture=en-US&contentlan=2&nodeid=16181
  State Treasury
• Statutory earnings-related pension scheme
  General information about the scheme, news and an overview of the scheme's origins and principles.
  http://www.tyoelake.fi/Page.aspx?Section=39413
  Finnish Centre for Pensions
• The Finnish Pension Alliance TELA
  TELA is a joint body for employment pension insurance providers. It comprises private and public sector employment pension insurance providers involved in the statutory earnings-related pension scheme.
  http://www.tela.fi/?pid=1159765700
  Finnish Pension Alliance TELA
• Unemployment pension
  Eligibility for unemployment pension and amount of pension. Effect of temporary work on unemployment benefits.
  http://www.tyoelake.fi/Page.aspx?Section=39397
  Finnish Centre for Pensions
• Working abroad and pensions
  Information about postings abroad and foreign employers, the standing of entre-preneurs domiciled abroad and applying for pension abroad.
  http://www.tyoelake.fi/Page.aspx?Section=45201
  Finnish Centre for Pensions

Sports and outdoor activities

• The Fit for Life Program
  The Fit for Life Program (KKI in Finnish) inspires adults over the age of 40 to include physical activity in their daily routines.
  http://www.kki.likes.fi/pages/content/Show.aspx?id=31
  National Institute for Health and Welfare THL, Ministry of Education, Ministry of the Environment

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