Promoting the well-being and health of informal carers (HYTE)

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Have you ever asked yourself what increases your well-being? As an informal carer, you may be focused on the well-being of your loved one and forget about your own needs. However, it is important to remember that taking care of yourself is key to your ability to care for someone else. As an informal carer, you can promote your own well-being by taking small but meaningful actions in your everyday life.

Kuvassa on vihreitä neliöitä, jossa on kerrottu eri palikat jotka luovat ihmiselle hyvinvointia. Samat palikat esiintyvät alempana sivuilla otsikkoina.

What things are important to you to feel well? Well-being can consist of, for example, exercise and taking care of your body, rest and relaxation, nutrition and eating, health, being true to your values, culture and art, daily rhythms, leisure and recreational activities, nature, relationships and emotions. 

Discover services that support well-being near you

Well-being service tray The well-being service tray can help you find services and events that support your well-being: peer support, recreational activities, training, cultural events and much more. You can also explore the themes promoting well-being.

Watch a video to find out how you can promote your well-being and health as an informal carer

You can experience well-being, for example, through nature, culture, exercise or social relationships and community

The experience of well-being

It is not possible for any outsider to determine the well-being of another person. Even if there are many things in a person’s life that appear positive to an outsider, the individual’s own experience and knowledge of their well-being is what matters. For many people, close relationships, a sufficient income and health are the cornerstones of well-being.  

The Vantaa and Kerava well-being service tray contains a wide range of well-being activities organised by various organisations: www.vakehyva.fi/hyvinvointitarjotin

The events calendars of the cities of Vantaa and Kerava can help you find activities that are suitable for you:  

City of Kerava events calendar 

City of Vantaa events calendar 

The Vantaa and Kerava well-being service tray contains the cities’ cultural, nature and sports services and much more: www.vakehyva.fi/hyvinvointitarjotin

Kaksi henkilöä liikkuu metsässä, toinen on pyörätuolissa.

You can assess your own experience of well-being by, for example, asking yourself the following questions: 

  • How can I influence my well-being?​​
  • How do I find meaning in my life?​​
  • What things are important to me in life?​​
  • How do the things that are important to me manifest themselves in my life right now?​​
  • What things can I influence?​​
  • How can I learn to accept the things I cannot influence?​ 

How do I promote my own well-being? 

You can promote your own well-being in any life situation.  

You can start improving your well-being by identifying the things that promote your well-being: 

  • What things help me have more energy? 

  • Which things make me feel better? 

If you are not sure how you could maintain and promote your well-being, you should go ahead and try different things. You might find something new and inspiring.  

Municipalities and organisations offer a wide range of activities to promote well-being. 

Vammainen lapsi istuu äitinsä sylissä

You can experience well-being, for example, through nature, culture, exercise or social relationships and community. 

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