Welcome to us - information
Welcome to Beitostølen Health Sports Center! Before you come to stay with us, you may have a few questions. Hopefully, you can find some answers here.
It is important that you let us know within the response deadline whether you accept the offered stay or not. You do this by returning the completed response slip and questionnaire .
Beitostølen Health Sports Center has its own primary school department for children and young people on stay. Along with the offer of the stay, information about the school offer is also sent out. It is important that guardians pass this information on to the child's local school, so that a work plan can be drawn up that can be taken with them on the stay.
For the stay, the student must bring a work plan and the necessary equipment they use in their education at school. This also applies to personal aids. In order for us to be able to provide the best possible facilities for the student, it is desirable that a copy of the last annual report, or IOP, is also sent well in advance of the student's arrival.
Beitostølen Health Sports Center has its own school department that offers maintenance education for upper secondary school students.
Prior to the stay, a form is sent to the student's local school, via the user. It is desirable that the high school at home returns this completed, including prioritization of subjects/subject areas for the period at Beitostølen Health Sports Center.
If possible, the student should bring their own school computer, current textbooks and any special equipment that the student uses in class.
Children who are going to stay with us will receive a letter with information about the app "Adfectus" prior to their stay. We want the children to log in to the app, create an avatar of themselves and answer which activities they would like to do at Beitostølen Health Sports Center.
Login information/patient number will be sent to the child by mail.
Clothes you need to bring:
Workout clothes and shoes for indoor and outdoor use.
Outdoor clothing adapted to the season; warm and windproof clothing, shoes for outdoor activities. Rainwear, mittens and a hat can be used for all seasons.
Swimwear and possibly swimming shoes/socks for use in the pool. If you need a swim diaper or swim pants for incontinence, you must bring these.
If you want to shower/change in your own room instead of in the shared locker rooms when going to the pool, you should also bring a bathrobe.
Regular clothes for everyday use.
You do not need to bring bed linen and towels.
We have our own self-service laundromats that can be used throughout your stay.
Aids and other things you need to bring:
Manual and/or electric wheelchair. If you use an electric wheelchair but are unable to bring it with you during your stay, you must contact the Assistive Technology Centre in Gjøvik to borrow an electric wheelchair for the period (Tel. 55 55 11 11). The Assistive Technology Centre will then arrange to deliver/pick up the chair at Beitostølen Helsesportsenter.
Bicycles during the bare-ground season and ski equipment during the winter. This also applies to companions and guardians. Many people share the equipment we have for loan, so it is a great advantage if you bring your own equipment! Also bring other relevant activity aids - if you have them.
Any special equipment for use in connection with personal care/natural functions/hygiene.
Regular medications for use during your stay.
Any new medical information/epicrits, description of X-rays and report from a physiotherapist or others.
Have you worked in healthcare or received healthcare outside the Nordic region in the last 12 months?
By healthcare we mean, for example, hospitalization, extensive outpatient treatment or dental treatment. If so , your GP must test you for bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics (such as MRSA).
Ask your GP to send you the test results well in advance of your appointment with us.
Beitostølen Health Sports Center is located in Øystre Slidre municipality in Valdres, 230 km northwest of Oslo.
How to travel by public transport to Beitostølen Health Sports Center?
By bus
Oslo – Beitostølen with NOR-WAY Bussekspress or VY
Lillehammer/Gjøvik – Beitostølen with Inland Traffic or VY
Bergen – Fagernes – Beitostølen with VY
By train & bus
Beitostølen has a bus connection via Fagernes with the Bergen Line from Gol and with the Dovre Line from Lillehammer.
The buses stop right next to the health and sports center, and run to the main entrance on request.
Plan your trip with the travel planner Entur at www.en-tur.no
Travel expenses
The main rule for patient travel is that the patient is covered at a standard rate per kilometer round trip to and from the treatment site. You arrange the travel yourself and send the travel expense form, with receipts and confirmation of admission, to Patient Travel after the stay. You will receive the travel expense form at the reception when you arrive at our office.
If you are unable to take scheduled transport or use a private car for health reasons, you must contact your GP to request a referral for adapted transport. The lack of scheduled transport may also give you the right to a referral.
Travel expenses in connection with escort shifts are usually not covered.
Contact Pasientreiser on tel. 915 05 515 or visit www.pasientreiser.no for more information about travel and transportation.
Upon arrival, everyone must report to the reception for registration.
At the start of your stay, we would like you to arrive between 2:30 PM and 6:00 PM.
It is important that the arrival date is respected. If you are late, please inform the nurse as soon as possible.
Parents who accompany children with disabilities or long-term illness are entitled to education allowance if they have a fixed wage income during the period. Usually, the employer pays the salary and receives a refund from NAV. Self-employed people also receive education allowance from the first day, the calculation basis is the same as for sickness benefit. Education allowance can also be granted after the child has turned 18.
If you are entitled to training allowance, you submit an electronic application to NAV after your stay has ended. You will receive the medical certificate that must be attached during your stay.
Other people with care responsibilities/functions other than the child's guardians may also be approved for education allowance, for example a parent who does not live with the child, the partner of the person who is solely responsible for the care, and grandparents. Approval for others than parents must be agreed with NAV before the stay begins.
More information about training grants can be found at www.nav.no.
Patients have the right to sick leave during their stay. This is usually arranged by your GP.
If you need a sick note from a doctor at Beitostølen Health Sports Center, you will contact the doctor in connection with the arrival interview.
Only guide dogs and service dogs are allowed to stay with you during your stay. This must be arranged in advance.
If you want to take a look at what it looks like at Beitostølen Helsesportsenter, you can click on the link below;
The center has rooms of varying sizes and levels of accessibility. We also have 12 family apartments, each with beds for six. All rooms have their own bathroom.
There are no TVs in the rooms, but there are TVs in the common rooms. All user rooms are equipped with telephones for incoming calls.
Wireless network (Wi-Fi) is available throughout the center.
Each group has access to a separate living room where you will find a TV, refrigerator and equipment for activities and games.
Beitostølen Health Sports Center emphasizes a healthy and varied diet and has extensive experience with various diets and special nutrition. If you have a special dietary need, you must indicate this on the questionnaire sent out.
Meals are served as follows:
Monday to Friday:
Breakfast, lunch, dinner and supperSaturday and Sunday:
Breakfast, combined lunch/dinner and supper
Dinner is self-service.
Fresh fruits and vegetables are available throughout the day.
During the stay, there will be an opportunity to try out a wide range of activities based on the goals of the stay. The offer is individually tailored, but is mainly organized in groups with a focus on activity testing and skill learning.
Indoors, we have a gymnasium and sports hall, a climbing wall, a training room, a training pool and a therapy pool.
During the bare-ground season, we offer cycling and boating activities (rowing boat, canoe and kayak).
During the winter season we offer cross-country skiing, alpine skiing and ice skating.
In all seasons, the outdoor area and the surrounding area are used for schoolyard play, horseback riding and outdoor activities.
Please note that some of our activities have restrictions regarding weight, balance and other functional levels. This applies to activities such as horseback riding, paddling and seated alpine skiing, and is based on an overall assessment where our professional staff is responsible for ensuring safety in the relevant activity.
We have our own primary school department for children and young people on stay. The students are offered 6-7 hours of maintenance teaching in the basic subjects during a three-week stay.
During the stay, the student must bring a work plan and the necessary equipment they use in their education at the school. This also applies to personal aids. The school has desktop PCs for use by students who do not bring their own computer equipment.
We have our own school department that offers maintenance education for high school students.
If possible, the student should bring their own school computer, current textbooks and any special equipment that the student uses in class.
Beitostølen Health Sports Center is a smoke-free institution. Smoking is only permitted in designated areas outdoors.
It is not permitted to store or consume alcohol or other intoxicants on the center's premises.
Children and young people aged 2-17 always have a companion with them, usually their mother or father, throughout their stay.
Young adults and adults who need help with personal care and hygiene, meals and/or have a great need for assistance with activities, must also have a companion with them in order to benefit from their stay. The need for a companion is assessed by us based on the health information provided. If it is challenging to obtain or finance a companion, please contact us.
Companion's primary duties:
Assist the user with meals, dressing, personal hygiene and the like.
Ensure that the user shows up for activities at the right time, in the right place and with the right equipment and clothing - and pick up the user after the activity is over.
Participate in selected activities both indoors and outdoors, to help transfer the activities to the home environment.
Provide care to the user during breaks between activities, as well as assist with leisure activities in the evenings and on weekends.
Assist the user in the locker room in connection with pool activities.
Participate in chaperone meetings, where information is provided about the weekly schedule and organization, as well as any chaperone teaching.
We believe it is important that relatives gain insight into the rehabilitation stay and can help continue the activities after the stay.
After arriving at the center, you can contact the doctor's office with a request to rent a room for close relatives for up to three days, for a fee and subject to availability.
Please note the following:
We do not have schooling for siblings.
Siblings cannot expect to participate in the organized activity program.
If you wish to invite relatives to eat at the health and sports center, this must be clarified with the staff in the dining room.
Local professionals; teachers, assistants, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and others, are invited to participate in professional days at Beitostølen Health Sports Center during the stay.
Read more about the professional days here.
You can apply to take leave for one weekend during your stay. You can obtain an application form by contacting the doctor's office.
Travel expenses in connection with leave are usually not covered.
Beitostølen Helsesportsenter is located at the entrance to Jotunheimen in Øystre Slidre municipality in Valdres. Valdres stretches from lush water and forested valleys in the south, to Jotunheimen's mighty 2000-meter peaks in the north. The region offers a varied range of activities throughout the year.
Beitostølen city center with grocery stores, sports shops, banks, restaurants, etc. is located 1-2 km from Beitostølen Health Sports Center.
More information about Beitostølen.
We do not have electric car chargers at Beitostølen Health Sports Center, but there are plenty of charging options in the city center.
Charging stations and fast chargers at Beitostølen - Visit Beitostølen
The stay ends after lunch on the day of departure.
It is important that the departure date is adhered to. If you must end your stay earlier than planned, you must contact the doctor's office to receive a form for application for " Leave/Interruption of stay before the agreed time" . The application will be processed by the team doctor in consultation with the professional team.
Children and adolescents: After the end of the stay, an activity report is prepared and sent to the guardians, so that it can be shared with local professionals such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists and school staff. The epicrisis is sent to the referring physician and general practitioner.
Young adults and adults: A summary of the stay is sent to you, the referring physician and your GP.