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Adapted wellbeing mentoring

Adapted wellbeing mentoring is a free-of-charge form of lifestyle guidance and exercise counseling for Vantaa adults who have challenges in their physical functional capacity that limit their physical activity. The service is being piloted in fall 2025.

Introduction

Well-being & Communality Health Sports & outdoor activities Disabled people
Do you need support in challenges relating to recovery, nutrition or starting to exercise? Would you like to receive individual and adapted guidance to support your wellbeing and progress toward permanent lifestyle changes, one step at a time?

Adapted wellbeing mentoring is a free-of-charge form of lifestyle and exercise guidance for adults living in Vantaa, whose physical activity needs to be adapted due to a disability, chronic illness or other limitation in physical functional capacity. Duri…ng the pilot phase, the activities will especially focus on the physically disabled.

The personal mentor provides motivating support for change and guidance for lifestyle habits that promote wellbeing. The guidance takes individual disabilities, background and goals into account. You will receive support in starting to exercise or adapting physical activity, increasing physical activity in everyday life, nutrition, sleep and recovery, for example.

The wellbeing mentor is a health and exercise expert. However, please note that the service is not a form of rehabilitative activity, such as physiotherapy.

Prerequisites

Criteria for adapted wellbeing mentoring and who the service is for:

1. You are motivated to make lifestyle changes and have the resources to make changes in your everyday life.
2. You are not physically active enough in terms of your health and your physical activity needs to be adapted due to an illness, disability or other limitation in physical functional capacity.
3. The service is also suitable for those with an underlying condition. The important thing is that your illness is under control.
4. Severe mental disorders may prevent participation in the service if they impact the ability to commit to the guidance or primarily require other treatment.

The primary languages of the service are Finnish and English. The service is also available in other languages with the help of an interpreter.

Referral to the service

The service is being trialed in fall 2025 at a health center and housing unit of the services for the disabled. The implementation locations and method of referral will be specified later.

Read more about exercise and wellbeing counseling services in Vantaa

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More information

Riina Pitkänen

project coordinator
040 550 2910 riina.pitkanen@vantaa.fi
Exercise Well-being

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Advice

Referral to adapted wellbeing mentoring

You can be referred to adapted wellbeing mentoring by contacting your health center or the housing unit of the services for the disabled. The customer information will be delivered to the adapted wellbeing mentoring service.

As such, if you are in need of support for lifestyle changes, please mention it during an appointment or contact your health center or housing unit, for example.

You can ask the wellbeing mentor for more information about the service by email or phone. Do not email any sensitive information, such as your identity number or information on diagnoses.

Process description

The service is available at the Martinlaakso and Tikkurila health centers. The wellbeing mentor will contact the customers referred to the service by phone according to their place in the queue.

Costs

Wellbeing mentoring is free of charge for customers.

Information

Adapted wellbeing mentoring
Riina Pitkänen
040 550 2910
riina.pitkanen@vantaa.fi

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