Articles

Healthy Ageing, Prevention and Early Intervention Across Finland

Finland’s healthy-ageing strategy extends beyond preventing disease. It depends on protecting functional ability, social participation, mental wellbeing, nutrition, safe housing and access to early support before avoidable deterioration becomes established....

Integrated Health, Social Care and Wellbeing Services in Finland

Finland’s wellbeing services county reform brought healthcare and social welfare under larger regional organisations, but structural integration does not automatically create coordinated support. This article examines how national steering, county...

Ageing in Place in Finland: Supporting Independence Through Community Care

Finland’s commitment to ageing in place depends on far more than increasing the number of home-care visits. This article examines how wellbeing services counties, municipalities, housing organisations, rehabilitation teams, families,...

How Finland’s Long-Term Care System Works: Municipal Responsibility, Funding and Reform

Finland’s long-term care system has been reshaped by the transfer of health and social welfare responsibilities from municipalities to wellbeing services counties. This article explains how eligibility, assessment, home care,...

Finland’s Ageing Population: Building Sustainable Care for a Longer-Living Society

Finland’s population is ageing as longer lives, low birth rates and regional demographic differences reshape demand for health, social welfare and community support. This article examines how national policy, wellbeing...