Social work and social guidance

We support older adults' well-being and functional ability through social work and social guidance.

We work together with you to make your everyday life as safe as possible. We help you find solutions to challenges in relationships, life management and housing, for example. We also assist you in applying for useful services and benefits.

If you are looking for services and support for people over the age of 65, first contact Senior Info. You can call or visit them in person. Alternatively, you can contact the social instructors of the service centres. You can book an appointment during your visit to the service centre or by calling a social instructor directly. You can find their contact details on service centres' websites. If you have already been designated a worker in the city's senior services, please ask them directly for advice and instructions.

If your life situation requires long-term support for life management or a difficult stage of life, you can receive gerontological social work services. Becoming a customer of gerontological social work is based on a decision that is made on the basis of an assessment of the need for services in client assistance. The services are free of charge for you.

Service points

Eastern gerontological social work

Address: Kivikonkaari 21, 00940 Helsinki

Northern gerontological social work

Address: Malmin asematie 3 A, 00700 Helsinki

Southern gerontological social work

Address: Käenkuja 1 B, 6. and 7. floor, 00500 Helsinki

Western gerontological social work

Address: Mannerheimintie 168b, 00300 Helsinki