Services offered by STAKES

STAKES offers expert services, consultancy and service products in the area of social welfare and health care.

Services for international development

International Development Collaboration at STAKES plans, implements, monitors and evaluates development projects in the social and health sectors of countries in transition and developing countries.

Statistical products support the provision of welfare services

STAKES maintains statistics and registers within its sphere of activities. The Finnish Centre for Register Research supports the planning and implementation of register-based research, aiming to improve researchers' skills in the use of register data.

Consultancy and training

STAKES annually runs a wide range of projects in co-operation with different actors in the public sector. The projects often involve both consultancy and training. A solid basis for our consultancy services is formed by evidence-based knowledge, comprehensive statistics and extensive experience in social welfare and health care.

Other services

E-consultancy promotes diversified expertise in social work

E-consultancy in social work supports professionals and provides up-to-date information about work challenges and client cases. Responses to questions sent by social work professionals are published weekly on the Sosiaaliportti website. The questions are looked at from different viewpoints and responded to by a multi-professional expert group. A recent STAKES report presents experiences gained from e-consultancy service.
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Living will

A living will is a document stating your wishes concerning your medical treatment in the case that you become legally incapacitated due to a serious illness, an accident, or infirmity in old age.
Read more about living will