1. Sompion Tähti Cooperative -home care and helping people in their daily activities within 20 small villages in Eastern Lapland, Finland where there are more reindears than people

2. Sompion Tähti started 2013
Founded after a 8 month project with public Leader funding
Entrepreneurers or private people were not interested in being part of Cooperative > founded by a group of 10 people
Received help from other Cooperatives (rules, organization, cost calculation etc.)
Board board members
Sodankylä has 1 representative in the board
very close collaboration with Sodankylä sending clients
A typical client visit lasts from 1 hour (shower, skin care) to 4 hours
15-27 part time employers and 3 entrepreneurs in collaboration
A lot of voluntary work has been done by the
board members

3. Services at sparcely populated area at the moment –inhabitants travelling daily or moving to the center (day care, school, work, health services, pharmacy, activities, banking services, social services, shopping…) Sompion Tähti aim is to create part time jobs in the villages and enable elderly get home services
Center
Vuotso 89km
Lokka 89 km
Villages (29)
Sompion Tähti employes people in the villages to provide services locally.

4. Same- local ethnic origin people
Challenge in Finland; Finance and organisation based services are a complex labyrinth to a client:
Home Care
Medication delivery
Personal hygiene
practical nurse
Home hospital
Nurses, doctor available
Elderly care
Veterans
Possibility to get house cleaning and nursing care
Same- local ethnic origin people
Specific funding for their home services
Social care
Funding can be applied for specific needs (low income)
Disability -Special needs
Travel aid
Weekly bus transportation to go shoping/health centre etc.
Clients can buy services directly and get deductation in their taxation (app. 50% of the costs returned)

5. Communities - wellness plan in each age group (annual evaluation and re-planning reguired by law)
Wellness plan in the community
selite
1.Community structure, finance, vitality
Programs, strategies, plans
Indicators:
Being part of society and influence
Quality of life
Mental wellbeing
Health and capability
Safety
Lerning, working
Equality and rights, fair play
Housing and environment
Income
Communl services
2. All age groups
3. Children, families with children
From baby to finalsing elementary school
4. Young and young adullts
under-29v
5. Adults in work life
6. Elderly

6. Digital apps and devices help to maintain basic security and home care teams can focuse more to the client needs – even 90+ elderly clients may use pc, tablet and smart phone (30 clients learning more about digital world, AUTA-project 2017)
Employment possibilities - provide local services,
-mobile reporting, salary and invoicing
Home care, self care – active life and more responsibility of own health
Social life:
-morning coffee virtually with friends
-afternoon chat with grand children
-virtual group meetings
Local service providers are close to the client –feeling of security increases
Young can help with new technology (smart phone, pc…)
-more communication between elderly and youngsteers
Safety; digital security assecories (digital alarms to the doors, rooms, hearing aids…)
Voluntary work, associations, courses, exercises and activities at village houses
Housing, environment – is the house safe for the elderly?
-heating large house is also a cost burden

7. Current and future trend; Digital services
eMedic self –monitoring set

8. VILLAGE LIFE – FUTURE LIVING IN SODANKYLÄ AND LAPLAND REGION - the goal to develope local services and regional business models instead of a continuous transportation of people and services
HOME CARE NURSE
-measurements can be done at home and sent digitally to your health records - primary care doctor is at your service, responding to the needs immediately
Social life and rehabilitation
-digital world is available
E-services - easily reachable wellness services- (prevention, follow-up, after treatment care), digital broad band services via mobile phone or pc available
Self Care - part of your overall health care plan
-customers perform measurements themselves and fill in their health information into their ePatient records (maternity card, blood pressure, diabetes, weight control etc.)
-customers learn more about their sicknesses and health intervations and take more responsibility on their life style choices
MEDICAL CONSULTANTS Center of Excellences
-neurology, cardiology, maternity, pediatrics joint re-placemt, etc.
330 villages in Lapland
Traffic routes
Broadband internet acces, ip phones, TV, services, information access, virtual schools/studies –learn Spanish in Lapland
Automated, secure medicine delivery with bar code, Alaska

9. National, regional and community based projects to increase wellbeing and digital services – Sompion Tähti actively involved