Finnish Association of People with Physical Disabilities - Invalidiliitto.fi

SERVICES10Käpylä Rehabilitation CentreThe task of FPD’s Käpylä RehabilitationCentre is to complement the publicservice system with rehabilitationservices for people who have a spineor brain injury caused through accidentor illness.Rehabilitation services comprise individualrehabilitation sessions, rehabilitationcourses and programmes,and outpatient services. The nucleusof activities constituting the platformof service and expertise is knowledgeof the special questions posed by personswith neurological disabilities, andmulti-professional rehabilitation.Rehabilitation methods are continuallyassessed and developed at the rehabilitationcentre, alongside researchwork and the monitoring of the latestresearch data in the field.Staff comprises physiatric and neurologyspecialists, nurses, basic carers,physiotherapists, occupational therapistsand speech therapists, psychologists,neuropsychologists, social workers,rehabilitation assistants, movementinstructors, work therapists, leisureinstructors, peer rehabilitatorsand support service personnel.Since 2002 the rehabilitation centrehas been located in new accessibleoffice space in the Synapsia building.There are 75 rehabilitation places atthe centre. Some rooms are fitted withenvironmental control devices.Lahti Rehabilitation CentreFPD’s Lahti Rehabilitation Centre providesand develops the kind of rehabilitationservices which support thelives of people with a disability andtheir close relatives in their home andliving environment as equal and independentmembers of society. LahtiRehabilitation Centre provides rehabilitationservices at the national level.The range of services offers supportfor people through their entire lifecycle. Service provision embraces preparationcourses in rehabilitation andadaptation, individual rehabilitation,temporary care, outpatient rehabilitationand holiday activities.The provision and development ofrehabilitation services is in the handsof multi-professional rehabilitationteams. Areas of special expertise liein overall rehabilitation concernedwith people with a severe disability,families, and people belonging torare musculoskeletal disability groups.The basic needs of rehabilitants arecatered for through rehabilitation andinstruction enabling safe participationin all activities.Accessible and controllable spaces,up-to-date equipment and an easilytraversable environment permit therehabilitant to function independently.Rare Disabilities UnitFPD’s Rare Disability Unit at the LahtiRehabilitation Centre is a nationalcentre for groups of people with raremusculoskeletal disabilities and illnesses.The unit functions as part of thenational Rare Diseases Network consistingof ten specialist units from differentorganizations.Here the term “rare disability” or “illness” refers to an incidence of lessthan 100 per million inhabitants. TheRare Diseases Network particularlytargets the kind of disability or illnesswhich presents a constant impedimentto many everyday activities.Counselling and instruction, diagnosticguides, the Harava magazine, and materialcontaining first-hand information,are all available from the FPD’sRare Disabilities Unit. The unit organizescurrent events, theme days, seminars,and peer and support action forpeople afflicted by a rare illness, theirfamilies, for experts and for servicesystems. The unit makes its expertiseavailable for rehabilitation and adaptationpreparation courses organizedby the rehabilitation centre. The unitis also involved in cooperation withthe various organizations of rare diseasediagnosis groups at both nationaland international level.