Nowon-gu Publishes 'Care SOS Center Activity Casebook,' First Among Seoul Autonomous Districts

Seoul's First Autonomous District Publishes 'Care SOS Center' Best Practices Collection... Comprising 23 Cases in 3 Themes Including Stories from Care Managers

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Nowon-gu (District Mayor Oh Seung-rok) has shared its achievements by publishing a book featuring outstanding care cases provided through the 'Care SOS Center' over the past year.

The 'Care SOS Center' project is designed to offer customized care services such as household chores and hospital accompaniment to residents in urgent need of care due to sudden illness or accidents. The district was selected as a pilot autonomous district for this project last July.

Over the past year, the district identified individuals in care blind spots and compiled excellent cases derived from the process of providing tailored services, publishing the first-ever 'Care SOS Center' activity casebook among Seoul's autonomous districts.

This casebook consists of a total of 136 pages and is organized into three themes with 23 cases.

It is divided into ▲ Part 1: Introduction to the Care SOS Project and One-Year Achievements ▲ Part 2: Stories from Care Managers ▲ Part 3: Candid Interviews with Partner Care Service Organizations.

In particular, 'Stories from Care Managers' vividly captures the Care SOS Center fieldwork, from the first encounter with emergency care recipients to the process of jointly addressing and resolving care issues, making it especially meaningful.

The district plans to distribute this casebook to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Seoul City, 25 autonomous districts, and private welfare organizations to disseminate various activity cases.

In response to the increasing number of households in care blind spots due to the impact of COVID-19, Seoul City changed its original plan to expand the project to all autonomous districts starting in 2021 and decided to launch the Care SOS Center project in all 25 autonomous districts of Seoul from August this year.

District Mayor Oh Seung-rok stated, “Despite the short implementation period of one year, excellent care service cases have emerged,” and added, “We hope that the district’s cases will serve as a foundation for the successful establishment of the Care SOS Center project.”

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