Yangcheon-gu Senior Love Room Operations Also 'Untact'!

Operating 1:1 Non-Face-to-Face Programs for Seniors to Alleviate Depression and Close Emotional Distance... Providing Horticulture, Craft, and Cognitive Activity-Related Leisure Program Kits

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Yangcheon-gu (Mayor Kim Soo-young) will operate a 1:1 non-face-to-face program for the elderly starting from mid-this month.

The district planned this program to alleviate the psychological isolation and depression of the elderly caused by social disconnection due to the long-term suspension of the Elderly Love Room operation and to provide psychological stability.

The non-face-to-face Elderly Love Room program will be conducted by visiting outdoor spaces around the Elderly Love Rooms at seven welfare centers in the area and providing the elderly with various pastime kits such as horticulture, crafts, and cognitive activities that are easy to make.

The district will provide kits to about 1,600 elderly users of 101 Elderly Love Rooms in the area and start operating the first stage 1:1 non-face-to-face program. Depending on future circumstances, it plans to discover second-stage small-scale (5 or fewer people) non-face-to-face programs and third-stage medium-scale (10 or fewer people) non-face-to-face programs to offer the elderly various program experiences.

Kim Soo-young, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, said, “I hope this non-face-to-face program will serve as a channel for the elderly to relieve depression and communicate with society,” adding, “I am looking forward to the day when COVID-19 ends soon and we can meet the elderly with smiles at the Elderly Love Room.”

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