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Beitostølen Health Sports Center offers rehabilitation/habilitation stays for children and adolescents (2-17 years), young adults (18-29 years) and adults (from 30 years) with various diagnoses, disabilities and functional levels.
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Children and adolescents 2-17 years old
Young adults 18-29 years old
Adults from 30 years old

Beitostølen Health Sports Center offers rehabilitation/habilitation stays for children and adolescents (2-17 years), young adults (18-29 years) and adults (from 30 years) with various diagnoses, disabilities and functional levels. Patients are admitted after referral from a doctor, preferably with additional information from a physiotherapist, occupational therapist or others who know the patient well. 

Click on the boxes below to find more information about the offer we have for the different target groups, regarding application for residency, and about professional days at Beitostølen Health Sports Center. Here you will also find information about the "Local Environment Model" (LMM).

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The local environment model

We welcome around 200 students from colleges and universities for study practice each year. Most are students in sports and health sciences. We have physiotherapists on duty at all times. With an interdisciplinary approach and great emphasis on user contact in practice situations, knowledge and attitudes in the field are acquired through an opportunity-oriented approach.

Beitostølen Health Sports Center (BHSS) also offers the entire education course for the medical specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation (FMR) and 6 months of service with relevant learning activities for the medical specialty of General Medicine (AM). Clinical service or internship at BHSS is also a relevant supplementary service and/or continuing education for other medical specialties such as neurology and pediatrics.

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Education and knowledge dissemination
General education plan for physical medicine and rehabilitation

Beitostølen Health Sports Center conducts development work and research activities that contribute to promoting active participation in a life-course perspective. We have a large national and international research network. Click on the boxes below to find more current information.

If you have any questions about our FOUI activities, please contact FOUI coordinator Berit Gjessing, email: berit.gjessing@bhss.no , Tel.: 61 34 08 00/959 74 111

Research and development
Publications

Beitostølen Health Sports Center has approximately 130 employees. The staff includes doctors, nurses and health secretaries, physiotherapists and occupational therapists, sports educators, riding instructors, social workers, activity leaders, caretakers, cleaners, kitchen/dining room employees and administrative personnel. 

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Please contact us if you have any questions about the center or the rehabilitation/habilitation offer. 

Address: Sentervegen 4, 2953 Beitostølen

Phone: +47 61 34 08 00

Email the administration: post@bhss.no

Email the doctor's office: legekontor@bhss.no 

Organizational numbers: 971 436 875

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Family stay for children and adolescents with spina bifida

Beitostølen Health Sports Center, in collaboration with the National Center for Rare Diagnoses (formerly TRS Competence Center), arranges family stays for children and adolescents with spina bifida. 

Target group: Children aged 5 -17 years who have spina bifida. The offer is suitable for children and young people who can physically and socially benefit from a group-based offer. Participants from all over the country can apply for a stay.

Period of stay: 21.10.26 - 10.11.26. Guardians and siblings are invited to participate in the last week of the stay (3-10 November).

Application deadline: Places will be awarded on a rolling basis until June 1, 2026.

 

Objectives and instruments

The overall goal of the service is to create a basis for increased activity and participation in one's own local environment. Through adapted physical activity, - combined with medical, educational and social support, the child/youth is given tools to challenge their own limits and create new areas of mastery. Furthermore, the family service will strengthen the family's competence and prerequisites for supporting the child/youth in activities in the local environment.

Organization and content

  • 3-5 organized activity sessions with a professional team every day. In addition, the leisure department offers optional activities and a social program in the evenings and on weekends.

  • The offer is individually tailored, but is mainly organized in groups with a focus on activity testing and skill learning.

  • All children and young people have their own companion, usually their mother or father, during the entire stay. The rest of the family (guardians and siblings) are invited to participate in the last week of the stay (November 3-10). Read more about the content of the family week.

  • Local professionals are invited to participate in professional days at Beitostølen Health Sports Center October 28-30, 2026.

Referral/application

A general practitioner or specialist health care provider can apply for a stay at Beitostølen Health Sports Center. The application must contain a referring diagnosis, complete medical information, an updated medication list, previous medical history and goals for the stay. A good description of the participant's physical and cognitive functional level, companion needs and special psychosocial conditions that may affect the rehabilitation stay is also requested. Copies of relevant case reports and reports from other professionals are attached. More information about referral/application.

The application must be marked "Family stay for children and adolescents with spina bifida".

Please note that any vacant places in the group after the application deadline have expired will be allocated to children with other diagnoses.