The Implementation of Oma Väylä Rehabilitation Assessed by Young Clients and Service Providers
Abstract
Neuropsychiatric disorders affect everyday life and participation in multiple ways. The new Oma Väylä rehabilitation offers support for young people in their individual challenges related to studies, work, and leisure activities. The Oma Väylä rehabilitation includes individual and group sessions as well as working with the client’s network. This article is based on the ongoing research on the implementation of Oma Väylä rehabilitation, which is a part of the Social Insurance Institution Kela’s registration trial for service providers and research thereof.
In this article, we examine the implementation of the Oma Väylä rehabilitation from two different perspectives: First, the expectations young people have regarding their rehabilitation and, second, the views of service providers on the implementation of the new Oma Väylä rehabilitation. The implementation research framework forms the theoretical framework and defines the determinants examined in this article (applying for the rehabilitation, implementing rehabilitation according to client-centered principles, and the experienced meaningful contents of the rehabilitation). We compare the perspectives of both the clients and the service providers, in addition to which we look at the experiences of clients with different diagnoses (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD, autism spectrum disorder ASD, or a combination of both).
The data consists of survey data from questionnaires targeted to the service providers and clients. Quantitative data are analyzed by descriptive statistical analysis and qualitative data by content analysis.
A majority of the young people needed help with applying to rehabilitation and filling out the application form. Young people diagnosed with both ADHD and ASD found applying to rehabilitation more challenging than those who only had one of the two diagnoses. Both the service providers and the young people found the client-centered and participatory elements, such as shared decision-making and goal setting, important. Regarding the meaningful contents of the rehabilitation, more variation was found in the young people’s responses than in those from the service providers.
Authors
Maarit Karhula, Riitta Seppänen-Järvelä, Hennariikka Heinijoki
Additional Information
- Peer-Reviewed: yes.
- Open Access: no.
- Cite as: Karhula, M., Seppänen-Järvelä, R., & Heinijoki, H. (2022). Oma väylä -kuntoutuksen implementaatio nuorten asiakkaiden ja palveluntuottajien arvioimana. Kuntoutus, 45(4), 20–38. https://doi.org/10.37451/kuntoutus.125398
