We are located in the spacious and bright premises of the Riistavuori Senior Centre.
Contact information
We provide short-term care both during the informal caregivers’ statutory days off and for those receiving informal care who do not have an official care agreement. In exceptional circumstances, we may also provide short-term care to people living alone.
If you are already using the City’s senior services (such as informal care or home care), discuss the possibility of short-term care with your personal care worker or home care staff. If you do not yet receive senior services, please contact Senior Info. Go to the Senior Info page
Short-term care is subject to a fee. The fee depends on several factors, including:
- whether the care provided is 24-hour or part-time
- whether the care is provided in a care home or in a service housing facility
- whether the care replaces the statutory days off for an informal caregiver.
Personal documents
- Up-to-date medication list
- ID card or other form of identification
Medicines
- All your regular medicines and any medicines you may need to take, in their original packaging or in dose dispensing bags
- Diabetes supplies, wound care supplies or other medical supplies, if you use them
Clothing and footwear
- Comfortable indoor and outdoor clothing that can be washed at 40 degrees
- 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
- Comb
- Shaving equipment
- 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
- Phone and charger
- A small amount of cash, if you want to visit the café, for example
- 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 security wristband, at home.
The duration of a short-term care period is determined by your indivudual need for treatment. The period may take place once or at regular intervals.
Short-term care can also be provided on a part-time basis, for example as day care or night care.
Tuulenpesä has 14 client places. Our premises are located on the entrance floor of Riistavuori, near the service centre and the restaurant. Tuulenpesä allows easy access to spending time outdoors, participating in the activities of the senior centre, and enjoying the restaurant’s menu.
We respect your privacy and your right of self-determination. You are always welcome to our communal activities, but you can just as well spend time by yourself when it feels like a better alternative. We aim to offer you a refreshing stay at Tuulenpesä, so that you can have pleasant memories of it when you return home.
The accessible facilities at Tuulenpesä support a safe and smooth daily life. The verdant yard allows you to spend time outdoors and enjoy the natural environment safely.
You will live in a room for 1–2 people with its own bathroom.
The common areas include a dining area and a combined kitchen and living room. The Riistavuori Senior Centre’s Alppiruusu restaurant, a branch of the City Library, and space for spending time are located right next to Tuulenpesä.
You can spend time with others and participate in group activities in the common areas.
You can enjoy your meals at the Alppiruusu restaurant with others, or, if you prefer, in the combined kitchen and living room at Tuulenpesä. We take your meal preferences and your individual needs into consideration.
Our restaurant service provider is happy to receive feedback on their operations.
You can spend time outdoors in the garden and the surrounding area. The garden has safe routes and leisure areas. Our yard also has a sensorimotor park which allows you to activate your senses and practise your balance using different kinds of instruments and devices.
Your schedule at Tuulenpesä is shaped according to your own daily routine. You can participate in joint activities, spend time outdoors or by yourself, according to your wishes.
Don’t forget to take a look at the monthly programme, which lists the common events for the entire Riistavuori Senior Centre.
We are well served by public transport. There are parking spaces on the yard of the service centre. Please let the information desk know your car’s registration number when you arrive. There are also free parking spaces along the street.
Our visiting hours are flexible, but we hope that late evenings can be peaceful.
Guests can:
- spend time with you in your room or in the common areas
- bring snacks and enjoy them 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 go for a walk with your loved ones. Please inform the staff of this.
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.
- A social instructor can help you with matters related to services and life circumstances.
- A physiotherapist supports your mobility and functional capacity.
Contact information:
Tuulenpesä Short-term Care Unit
+358 9 3104 9215(Link starts a phone call)
riista.tuulenpesa@hel.fi(Link opens default mail program)
You can also call us if the front door is locked.
Senior nurse
+358 9 3104 9215(Link starts a phone call)
Social instructor
+358 9 3104 2142(Link starts a phone call)
Senior centre supervisor
+358 9 3104 9205(Link starts a phone call)
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