We are located in Etelä-Haaga, in the facilities of the Riistavuori Senior Centre, which provide a safe environment for rehabilitation.
Contact information
You can be admitted to a rehabilitation period if it is deemed necessary in a service needs assessment.
If you are already using the City’s senior services (for example home care), please discuss your assessment and rehabilitation needs with your home care staff or your designated worker. If you are not yet registered for senior services, please contact Senior Info. Go to the Senior Info page
We charge a short-term care fee for fixed-term assessment and rehabilitation periods.
Personal documents
- Kela card
- ID card or other form of identification
- Up-to-date medication list
- Taxi card, if you have one
Medicines
- All your regular medicines and any medicines you may need to take, in their original packaging
- Diabetes supplies or other medical supplies, if you use them
Clothing and footwear
- Comfortable indoor and outdoor clothing that can be washed at 40 degrees or higher
- Sturdy indoor and outdoor shoes
- Nightwear
- Enough changes of clothes
Don’t forget to label all your clothes!
Toiletries
- Personal care and hygiene products and protective products
- Toothbrush and toothpaste
- Shaving equipment
- Comb
- Any skincare products
Assistive equipment
- Glasses, hearing aids and their batteries
- Mobility aids you use on a daily basis (e.g. a walker or walking stick)
Other necessary items
- Home keys
- Phone and charger
- A small amount of cash for travel to and from home visits (and possibly for a pedicure, a barber or a visit to the café)
- You can also bring your own magazines or books, for example.
It is advisable to leave valuables, such as jewellery and expensive electronic devices, as well as your safety wristband, at home.
The duration of the period is tailored to you and depends on your needs.
At Tammihovi, we aim to support you in living a life as independent as possible, considering your abilities. It is important for you to do everything you can yourself, when living at Tammihovi. This will allow your functional capacity to improve, and you to be able to do things that are important to you even in the future.
We encourage you to be active and participate in the events and activities, workouts, gym sessions, outdoor activities, and spending time with others. Who knows, maybe you can be inspired to participate in the activities of the City’s service centres even after your period at Tammihovi ends.
Tammihovi is located in the accessible facilities of the Riistavuori Senior Centre, where the facilities support a safe and fluent everyday life.
During your time at Tammihovi, you will live in a room for 1–2 people with its own bathroom.
The common areas include a dining area and a lounge. The Riistavuori Senior Centre also has a library and a gym, and we can provide instructions on how to use the equipment.
The common lounging room and dining areas allow you to spend time with the other residents, participate in joint activities, or meet your loved ones.
You can enjoy your meals in the common dining area or in the Alppiruusu restaurant on the entrance floor of the senior centre. Our restaurant service provider is happy to receive feedback on their operations.
You can spend time outdoors in the large and verdant garden surrounding the Riistavuori Senior Centre, and the surrounding area. The garden has safe routes and leisure areas. Our sensorimotor park allows you to activate your senses and practise your balance using different kinds of instruments and devices.
Your everyday life is built to suit your daily rhythm, as well as the activities at Tammihovi. Don’t forget to keep up to date with the activities offered at both Tammihovi and the service centre!
The weekly programme is posted on the event board. The programme is also discussed at the Tammihovi community meeting on Mondays. The service centre’s monthly programmes are available from the service centre.
Your loved ones can visit you at their convenience. We are well served by public transport. There are parking spaces on the yard of the service centre. Plese let the information desk know your car’s registration number when you arrive. There are also free parking spaces along the street.
Guests can:
- spend time with you in your room or in the common areas
- bring snacks and enjoy them with you
- participate in the events at the service centre with you
- visit the Alppiruusu Restaurant downstairs with you. The restaurant is open Mon–Sun 8.00–17.30 (lunch 11-14). You can find the lunch menu here(Link leads to external service)
- bring a pet along, but please arrange this with the staff in advance
You can spend time outdoors with your loved ones. Please let the staff know in advance or when you leave.
Our multi-disciplinary team supports your everyday life.
- Your appointed nurse will be by your side and take care of all your day-to-day needs.
- Practical nurses and nurses ensure your day-to-day care and wellbeing.
- Your doctor is responsible for your medical care.
- A social instructor can help you with matters related to services and life circumstances.
- A physiotherapist supports your mobility and functional capacity.
Contact information:
Tammihovi
+358 9 3104 9202(Link starts a phone call)
riista.tammihovi@hel.fi(Link opens default mail program)
You can also call us if the front door is locked.
Senior nurse
+358 9 3104 4045(Link starts a phone call)
Social instructor
+358 9 3104 6969(Link starts a phone call)
Head nurse
+358 9 3104 9205(Link starts a phone call)
You can keep up to date with the latest news from the Riistavuori Senior Centre via our social media channels.