Geriatric Ward

The invoice is sent after the treatment period.

See client fees.

Welcome to Geriatric Ward 2 of TYKS Kaskenlinna Hospital!

The ward carries out holistic, patient-centred nursing as multi-professional team work. We provide multidisciplinary care to elderly patients queuing for further rehabilitation or round-the-clock care.

As a student, you will have your own supervisor who will be primarily responsible for your supervision and evaluation during your period of practical training, but the entire personnel will participate in the supervision. You can practice your manual skills under the supervision of the supervisor in issues such as various procedures and pharmacological therapy.  

The first week is an orientation week, which is why we hope that you will be working in morning shifts then. The work in hospitals is shift work, the nature of which includes shifts also in the evenings and at weekends. We hope that students take these shifts into account wherever possible when planning the shifts. In this way, the students have the best chance of working with their own supervisors. 

It is recommended to think about your goals for the upcoming period in line with the goals given by the school as early as when choosing the place of practical training. You will have a discussion about the goals with your own supervisors right at the beginning of the practical training period. You will receive a mid-term evaluation during the period. Before the final evaluation, we hope that you will fill in the student feedback.

Teaching and guidance situations

• holistic rehabilitative care for an elderly patient
• the importance of co-operation and teamwork
• examinations and procedures during treatment
• guidance for the patient and family
• arrangement of further care facilities

Before practical training

• familiarise yourself with the special features of elderly patient care
• learn to know the following sources: 

Sairaala oppimisympäristönä

Sairaalahygienia- ja infektiontorjuntayksikkö

What do you learn in our unit?

• the principles of rehabilitative and multi-professional care
• the importance of co-operation and teamwork
• guidance and support for the patient and family member
• supporting the patient's functional capacity
• preparing the patient for examinations (e.g. for a colonoscopy)

Contact person

Charge Nurse Kirsi-Marja Uotinen (kirsi-marja.uotinen@varha.fi)

General matters:

• Each patient has a personal locker, which can be locked, in the room. However, we hope that relatives take the patient’s extra money and valuables home. The hospital and personnel are not responsible for lost valuables.
• The use of one’s own telephone is allowed in the ward. Please take other patients into account by using, for example, silent modes. 
• We are a non-smoking hospital. Smoking is allowed only in the designated area. Possession of a lighter is prohibited in hospital premises. hallussapito on kielletty sairaalan tiloissa.
• It is forbidden to bring alcoholic beverages or other intoxicants to the hospital.

See more about the patient's rights.

Patient information is given to close relatives and those to whom the patient has given permission to disclose information. We hope that the relatives agree on one contact person who can then inform other relatives about the patient’s matters. 

The best way to reach a nurse is to call the ward during the daytime. You can reach a physician by submitting a call request.

It is recommended to agree on the times of contact in advance so that the nurse or doctor has time to familiarise themselves with the patient’s case before the telephone call

Ward tel. 02 266 2331

The visiting hours at the hospital are from 2 pm to 6 pm.

Please make an arrangement on other visiting hours separately with the ward personnel. We kindly ask visitors to leave the room for the duration of treatment of patients.