Occupational therapy for adults helps you when your functional capacity has changed due to an illness, disability or injury and you have difficulty coping with your everyday life. The objective of occupational therapy is to support your functional capacity and your ability to cope as independently as possible in everyday activities that are meaningful to you, regardless of your functional limitati ...
You can apply for outpatient health care rehabilitation services without a referral from a doctor. If your rehabilitation does not progress by therapeutic means or a medical statement is needed, we can refer you to a health centre doctor’s appointment or you may need a referral from one to assess your rehabilitation needs.
When another instance, such as Kela, is responsible for providing rehabilitation, primary health care rehabilitation will not be granted as a supplement to the rehabilitation provided by Kela.
A healthcare professional will assess your situation and draw up a rehabilitation plan with you. The starting point for rehabilitation is that when your functional ability has changed due to an illness or disability, we will support your functional ability and independence by means of rehabilitation.