Detailed Elderly Care Service Tailored for Seongbuk-gu Seniors Gains Popularity in the COVID Era

Seongbuk-gu Provides Strong Support for Vulnerable Seniors through Customized Elderly Care Service Project...Offering Various Tailored Services for Seniors Facing Daily Life Difficulties

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Seongbuk-gu (Mayor Lee Seung-ro) is conducting a customized care service project for the elderly, which is playing a strong supportive role in the healthy daily lives of vulnerable senior citizens.

The Seongbuk-gu customized care service for the elderly is a project that supports vulnerable seniors who have difficulties in daily life by providing various personalized services centered on individual needs, enabling them to live healthier and more stable lives in old age.

Through four regional implementing organizations (Seongbuk Senior Welfare Center, Life Line Social Welfare Center, Gireum and Jeongneung Comprehensive Social Welfare Centers), 16 dedicated social workers and 174 life support workers carefully care for about 2,000 vulnerable elderly people.

The services include safety support (visits, phone calls, IoT), social participation and life education, daily life support, resource linkage, and specialized services (for reclusive and depressed elderly).

Mr. Kim*, 78, from Jongam-dong, who usually suffered from depression, experienced deeper depression due to reduced outdoor activities caused by prolonged social distancing. A life support worker from Seongbuk Senior Welfare Center conducted focused management using check-in phone calls. While the life support worker checked on his condition and daily life and provided companionship through daily calls and visits, Mr. Kim gradually regained his vitality for life.

Mr. Jeong*, 83, from Jeongneung-dong, had severe arthritis causing his fingers to curl inward, making daily life uncomfortable and significantly diminishing his motivation. Through persistent persuasion and encouragement by a life support worker from Jeongneung Comprehensive Social Welfare Center, he participated in the ‘Love Cognition Mind Cognition’ program, one of the elderly customized care services. Through cognitive activity workbooks and paper folding activities, he healed not only his fingers but also his mind, regaining his motivation and vitality for life.

The Seongbuk-gu customized care service for the elderly has been promoted since January last year, and despite the prolonged social distancing due to COVID-19, it has become a major support for the healthy daily lives of vulnerable elderly people through tailored care services.

Lee Seung-ro, Mayor of Seongbuk-gu, said, “The administration is paying special attention to the isolation felt by elderly people vulnerable to infection due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic,” adding, “Even in the with-COVID and post-COVID eras, we will strive harder to provide detailed customized programs for the healthy and happy later years of Seongbuk-gu’s elderly.”

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