Seocho-gu's 1℃ Warmer Chuseok Comprehensive Administrative Set Prepared for Seniors?

1125 Vulnerable Elderly Living Alone Receive Post-Chuseok Support Packages and Holiday Meal Supplies... Non-Face-to-Face 'IoT Care' and 'Handyman Dispatch' Services Also Provided for a Safe Chuseok Holiday

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seocho-gu (Mayor Eunhee Jo) is delivering ‘Warmth Sharing Packages’ consisting of daily necessities to vulnerable elderly living alone who need care due to lack of family and relatives’ visits during Chuseok.

Additionally, the district supports the remote monitoring system ‘IoT Care’ that ensures safety during the holiday period, as well as the emergency handyman service ‘Dispatch! Handyman’.

Every year during Chuseok, the district has provided support items to about 600 low-income elderly living alone who need care, but this year, the number of elderly spending the holiday alone has increased due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.

Accordingly, the district plans to expand support for vulnerable elderly living alone to 1,125 people, delivering various sponsored items such as daily necessities, food sets, and transitional season underwear together with companies wishing to share warmth within the community.

Delivery of items is done by care workers visiting homes directly. While delivering, they also provide emotional support by being companions to the elderly living alone, conveying warm hearts.

In addition, IoT care devices are installed in the elderly’s homes to remotely monitor movement, temperature, illumination, and humidity, confirming safety in real time and checking on their well-being through lifestyle messages during the holiday period.

Moreover, the emergency handyman service ‘Dispatch! Handyman’ is supported, with a total of 13 branches (9 in Seocho and Yangjae areas, 4 in Bangbae and Banpo areas) ready to immediately respond and assist elderly people in emergencies during the Chuseok holiday.

Seocho-gu Mayor Eunhee Jo said, “Due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, there are more elderly people in need of warm care even during the Chuseok holiday,” adding, “Through the Chuseok comprehensive administrative set composed with meticulous and heartfelt administration that adds 1℃, we will add warmer hearts so that the autumn nights of Chuseok will not be cold.”

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