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   KEPA Uusimaa newsletter 2/2022 May: The special expertise in disability services in Swedish will be centralised in Uusimaa

   24.5.2022

   From the beginning of 2023, Uusimaa will be divided into four wellbeing service counties and the city of Helsinki. At the same time, the current special care districts for the mentally disabled...

2. News

   From 11 April to 8 May 2022, the Disability Services helpline, tel. 09 816 45285, is only open Monday–Friday 9:00–11:00 due to a staff shortage. Our services will otherwise remain unchanged.

   31.3.2022
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   Operations of Transport Services to be developed based on client feedback

   18.3.2022

   Transport Services organises individual transport for the elderly and people with disabilities based on the Social Welfare Act and the Disability Services Act. Transport Services has operated since 2...

   • Transport Services
4. News

   Problems with the City of Espoo’s chat services - telephone traffic works again

   4.3.2022

   On Friday morning, 4 March 2022, we had problems in the City of Espoo's telephone traffic. The problems affected at least the systems used by the city’s switchboard services, Service Points,...

   • Services
5. News

   Disability services to be integrated into the Western Uusimaa wellbeing services county

   28.2.2022

   Municipal disability services will be integrated into the new Western Uusimaa wellbeing services county at the turn of the year. The change is currently being prepared. Our objective is to ensure...

   • Wellbeing Services County
6. News

   KEPA Uusimaa newsletter 1/2022 January: Expertise in intellectual disability services to be centralised in Uusimaa

   8.2.2022

   Plans are currently being made to transfer the organisation of the intellectual disability clinic, assessment and rehabilitation services from the municipalities, joint municipal authorities and...

7. News

   The need for housing services for young people with disabilities will increase

   26.1.2022

   The need for intensive sheltered housing for people with disabilities will increase in the future. Young people value a quiet neighborhood that is close to nature and with good transport connections...

8. News

   Use of masks in day and work activities for people with intellectual disabilities

   20.1.2022

   The staff at the Kuninkaantie and Riilahti activity centres of disability services have started wearing surgical masks. Clients that are able to wear a mask are given a mask to wear for the day....

   • Covid
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   Use of masks during travel in day and work activities for people with intellectual disabilities

   20.1.2022

   The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) recommends wearing a mask in public transport, where close contact cannot always be avoided.

   • Covid
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    Voting in the county elections for residents of Espoo’s health and social services housing units diagnosed with or exposed to COVID-19

    17.1.2022

    The right to vote is a fundamental right, which is also implemented in health and social services housing units. Residents in isolation due to suffering from the coronavirus disease and those in...

    • Wellbeing Services County