24 August 2026
The quality of our execution plans has improved significantly!
At the core of Validia, a nationwide service provider, is building services around people who need special support. Validia provides services for people with disabilities and brain injuries, as well as for child welfare and family work.
In developmental disability work, Validia uses interRAI ID. A newer tool developed for housing services for people with severe disabilities—created in collaboration with Vitec Raisoft and interRAI Finland—is CHA VAP. Both tools also include a care plan module, and in CHA VAP, the report generated by this module is called an execution plan.
At Validia, people are extremely pleased with the new tool. Development Manager Sari Vuorilampi readily admits that it requires work and that introducing new practices takes time in the beginning, but as experience grows, using it becomes easier all the time, and the results speak for themselves.
“An execution plan must be based on the client’s functional capacity, and RAI makes this visible the second the assessment is performed. For instance, if a client has cognitive challenges, they are highlighted immediately and can be incorporated into the plan right away.”
Progress has been noticed elsewhere as well:
“We have received feedback from the wellbeing services county that the quality of our execution plans has improved significantly!”
Vuorilampi adds appreciatively that the manual also contains good descriptions that support building the plan.
“In practice, with a single click, you get an almost ready framework, which you then supplement according to the client’s individual needs. It’s absolutely fantastic!”
Tailored to the Client and Worth the Effort
In disability services, the perspective on care and execution plans differs from elderly services in that clients are often within the scope of services for decades—an entire lifetime. It is vital that the plans genuinely reflect the individual client.
“We have a very wide spectrum of clients, ranging from employed individuals to people with severe disabilities. The trend is that service needs are growing, and clients require increasingly more support. Assessing functional capacity makes creating the execution plan significantly easier and more precise.”
“The initial RAI assessment requires a lot of work, but subsequent ones are lighter because the information is updated. Making the execution plan has become easier now that the RAI assessment guides it so strongly.”
Vuorilampi emphasizes that the quality of the plans is consistent, even though the content is individual.
“It saves time and improves quality. RAI also generates metrics and triggers that realistically guide the determination of the client's service needs.”
Implementation has required extensive training and continuous learning.
“We are still developing, for example, the relationship between the execution plan and daily documentation to ensure it complies with the Act on Client Documents. The more expertise we accumulate, the easier the work becomes. This has clearly been an effort, but absolutely worth it.”
Rapid Development, Positive Experiences
Validia’s experiences with the benefits of the RAI assessment and the RAIsoft care plan module make Sari Vuorilampi look ahead. She encourages investing in the full utilization of both tools.
“I hope that wellbeing services counties will start considering this. I can sincerely recommend it, as our development has been truly positive and rapid.”
“Creating an execution plan in the RAI system is significantly easier than in a client information system. Furthermore, we have only had positive experiences with national development work, and Sweden and Norway are also interested in pilots.”
“Functional capacity is not based on guesswork; it is professionally assessed data, which is extremely important for both the client and the service provider. The execution plan is such a central document that it must always be based on a reliable assessment of the client's functional capacity.”
Satisfied with the tool, Sari Vuorilampi concludes by stating that people are welcome to contact her if they wish to hear more.
