Why Seocho-gu's Senior Customized Care Service Is the Only One in Seoul to Receive the Minister of Health and Welfare Award?

Seocho Haengbok e-Eum Center Receives Minister of Health and Welfare Award for Managing Elderly Loneliness Risk: Seoul's Only Center Recognized for Intensive Psychological Care Amid Prolonged COVID-19, Supporting 1,140 Elderly Living Alone with Daily Life Assistance, Check-ins, and Cold Wave Safety Services

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seocho-gu (Mayor Eunhee Cho) announced that the Seocho Happiness e-Eum Center, the 2020 senior customized care service provider, was selected as the best institution in the specialized project category and honored as the only recipient in Seoul to receive the Minister of Health and Welfare Award.

This evaluation targeted 161 senior customized care service providers nationwide, offering tailored care services such as welfare checks and daily life support for vulnerable elderly. The specialized service category was assessed based on ▲appropriateness of service provision ▲sufficiency of service provision ▲proactiveness in project implementation, focusing on individual case management, depression diagnosis, medication support management, and counseling services for vulnerable seniors at high risk of solitary death and suicide.

Among the 161 institutions nationwide, only four were selected as the best institutions, making the Seocho Happiness e-Eum Center’s award particularly meaningful as the sole recipient in Seoul.

In particular, the district has consistently provided Seocho-style senior care services such as ▲friend meeting rooms to alleviate loneliness ▲handyman dispatch for daily inconvenience repairs ▲welfare check safety calls ▲smart care using IoT to prevent solitary deaths for vulnerable seniors including those living alone, earning high evaluations.

Additionally, as welfare facilities closed and social distancing became routine due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, since last year, the district has supported vulnerable seniors living alone with nutritious meals, healing packages containing companion plants, vitamin C, Ssanghwa tea, samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup), and carnation-filled filial love packages to alleviate psychological loneliness, leading efforts in psychological quarantine for the safety and health of vulnerable seniors living alone.

Furthermore, the district provides cold wave safety services by supplying electric blankets, bedding, and other heating items to 1,140 seniors living alone in preparation for winter cold waves, inspecting and repairing heating facilities to prevent pipe bursts, and offering winter laundry services.

Seocho-gu Mayor Eunhee Cho said, “As seniors are particularly vulnerable to COVID blues such as depression and loneliness due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, we will carefully monitor and provide meticulous care to ensure no senior is left isolated.”

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