Home care
- Service
- 27 municipalities
- Public service
Home care is care and nurture given in the home of the client. It includes home services and at-home hospital care.
You will be given home care based on the individual care and rehabilitation plan. As a client of home care, you can live at the comfort of your own home for as long as possible. Your resources, need of care, functional ability and sense of safety will be taken into account in your ...
Do the following
Contact the service counselling for older persons or the home care of your municipality of residence. The home care will be adapted according to your needs.
The service can also be arranged with a service voucher.
To whom and on what terms
You are eligible for home care if:
- Your functional capacity is clearly lowered and you cannot cope, with the help of your relatives or next of kin, with regular daily basic activities, such as eating, getting dressed, using the toilet, washing, other basic care or medicinal care. We will assess your service need by estimating your functional capacity and the illnesses that hinder coping at home, your living conditions and social network.
- Due to illnesses or lowered functional capacity, you require special professional care, examinations and health monitoring and you cannot use health services outside the home.
- Your relative is caring for you and requires the support of home care.
The service is liable to charges.
Background information
Home care includes services provided at home and home nursing. Home services include care and nurture, supporting clients in coping with everyday life and maintaining their functional capacity. Home nursing consists of health and medical care services that are provided at the client’s home on a temporary basis for the treatment of their illness. If necessary, home care can be provided at all times of the day.
Home care client fees are influenced by, for example, the amount of care needed, the client's income and possible disability of a veteran.