Medical rehabilitation
The wellbeing services county of Southwest Finland will organise social and health services as of 1 January 2023. The services and receptions offered to the residents of Salo will remain unchanged, but the content of these pages will no longer be updated. The most recent information can be found at varha.fi/en.
Medical rehabilitation and assistive device services
8:00–11:00 on weekdays
+358 2 772 3450
You should only call the call-back system once, and the distribution services will call you back during the same day.
Under the Finnish Health Care Act, medical rehabilitation offered in the City of Salo includes the following:
- provision of advice and guidance for rehabilitation
- assessment of the functional capacity and work ability as well as the rehabilitation needs of patients therapy aimed at improving and maintaining functional capacity and other
- necessary measures
- assistive device services
- outpatient rehabilitation periods
Medical rehabilitation services can be accessed with a referral from a public health physician and based on an assessment completed by a nurse or therapist. The need for medical rehabilitation and the goals and contents thereof are defined in a personalised rehabilitation plan.
Customer fees are charged for medical rehabilitation in accordance with the Act on Client Charges in Healthcare and Social Welfare.
Assistive device services
The most common assistive devices, such as walkers and shower stools, can be borrowed from the assistive devices units of local health centres or from the regional assistive device centre.
More intricate assistive devices, such as electronic mobility aids and seeing or hearing aids, can be obtained from specialised medical care services.
