Dobong-gu 'Care SOS Center' Operation

From the 3rd, Customized Integrated Care Services Provided to Residents in Urgent Need of Care... Memorandum of Understanding Signed with 7 Care Service Providers

Lee Dong-jin, Dobong-gu Mayor (4th from the left), signed a business agreement with the service providers of the Care SOS Center pilot project.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Dobong-gu (Mayor Dongjin Lee) will operate the ‘Care SOS Center’ from the 3rd to support residents in urgent need of care.

The ‘Care SOS Center’ is a new care policy by Seoul City, serving as a one-stop customized integrated service window where care managers (public officials) quickly connect residents’ urgent care needs to care services from contracted institutions, enabling them to “live healthily and continuously in their own communities.”

To this end, the district signed a business agreement on July 27 with seven service providers to deliver care services.

The service providers include ▲ Hansalim Senior Home Care Center ▲ Hangyeol Social Cooperative ▲ Dobong Regional Self-Support Center ▲ Nowon Comprehensive Home Care Center, among others.

The ‘Care SOS Center’ provides six major care services including temporary home care (professional caregivers such as care workers visiting homes to assist with daily living), short-term facility admission support, meal support, and housing convenience services.

Applications are available not only to beneficiaries and lower-income groups but also to general residents.

The eligible users are seniors aged 65 or older, middle-aged adults (50?64 years), and persons with disabilities who urgently need care and meet all three of the following conditions: ▲ having difficulty moving alone or performing independent daily activities ▲ absence of family members who can provide care or inability of family to provide care ▲ not using public care services or experiencing unavoidable gaps while using them.

Seniors, persons with disabilities, and middle-aged adults in urgent need of care can apply through consultations at their local community service centers. If immediate service is required, care services will be connected and supported within 72 hours through a home visit.

Residents who are beneficiaries, lower-income, or with income below 85% (temporarily 100%) of the median income can receive up to 1.56 million KRW per person annually to cover service costs. Other residents must bear the full cost themselves.

The district expects that this first implementation of care service linkage, amid delays and suspensions of various care service applications, investigations, and services due to COVID-19, will minimize care gaps and blind spots for residents.

Mayor Dongjin Lee of Dobong-gu stated, “Given Dobong-gu’s characteristics with a large elderly population and high demand for care services, we will do our best to improve the quality of life for Dobong residents by establishing a more detailed care safety net through the ‘Care SOS Center’ project.”

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