Goheung-gun Receives 'Grand Prize' in Welfare Administration Award from Ministry of Health and Welfare

Nationwide No.1 in Expanding Public Dementia-Specialized Nursing Facilities

[Goheung=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] On the 18th, Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that it received the grand prize in the ‘2020 Public Nursing Facility Expansion Excellent Local Government Evaluation’ hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

This evaluation focused on local governments’ interest and cooperation, as well as progress toward expansion goals, in regions carrying out public nursing facility expansion projects in line with the government’s ‘National Responsibility System for Dementia.’

Goheung-gun achieved the great honor of receiving the grand prize after a first recommendation by Jeollanam-do and a final comprehensive evaluation by the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s review committee.

The ‘Goheung Senior Health Welfare Town,’ a campaign pledge of the 7th elected county governor, was a project promoted with the hopes of local residents and was highly evaluated as a proactive response to preparing for an aging society and the increasing dementia population.

Additionally, Goheung-gun received outstanding scores for securing additional national funding to expand the scale of dementia-specialized nursing facilities and day and night care centers, and for promoting differentiated projects from other regions through the complexification of elderly leisure facilities, home welfare facilities, and elderly medical facilities.

As of the end of last November, the number of dementia patients in Goheung-gun was 1,747, increasing by nearly 3% annually with the growth rate rising each year. In response, the necessity and validity of related facility construction were thoroughly examined, and a plan was established to build a 100-person dementia-specialized nursing facility, with preparations underway aiming for groundbreaking in March next year.

A county official stated, “Once the public dementia-specialized nursing facility is built, it is expected to greatly contribute to ensuring a healthy living environment in the community by reducing the caregiving burden on families of dementia patients and providing customized medical services for each dementia patient.”

County Governor Song Guigeun said, “This grand prize is the result of Goheung-gun’s efforts to implement welfare services so far,” and added, “We will continue to strive to enhance the welfare awareness of residents and provide practical welfare benefits.”

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