Opening the Era of 100 Years of Health... Jung-gu, Seoul Operates Cheongbaji School's 'Kkalko! Geotgo!'

Special Home Schooling Health Management Program for High-Risk Frail Elderly...Professional Staff 1:1 Weekly Home Visits Managing Nutrition, Exercise, Cognition, and Tasks...Partnership with Prospex for Dementia Prevention via Smart Working Care App

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Jung-gu, Seoul (Mayor Seoyangho) announced that it will operate the Cheongbaji (Youth is Right Now!) School 'Kkalgo! Geotgo!' project, a special health management system for high-risk frail elderly.

In the three neighborhoods of Cheonggu-dong, Pildong, and Jungnim-dong in Jung-gu, visiting nurses will visit high-risk frail elderly aged 65 and over to conduct health checkups and consultations, selecting 30 participants to provide a homeschooling health management program tailored to the COVID-19 situation.

The program will run in two semesters from May 17 to October, with a graduation ceremony scheduled in November.

Professional staff will visit the elderly's homes once a week one-on-one, using tablet PCs to manage their health in four areas: nutrition, exercise, cognition, and task participation. During heatwaves and the rainy season, vacation assignment missions such as plant growing, singing, and clapping 100 times will be provided to help maintain continuous health management.

Additionally, through an agreement with Prospex, smart insoles and sneakers will be provided. By inserting the Smart Insole into shoes and walking, sensors inside can detect walking abnormalities such as speed, stride, balance, and foot angle, which can be checked via a linked app.

Daily gait analysis allows individuals to monitor their health status in everyday life, and professional staff share and manage data from the Smart Walking Care app to encourage walking among the elderly and to predict and prevent dementia early.

The district expects that by managing the health of local elderly residents, they can maintain a healthy life in the community without entering nursing homes, thereby also reducing medical expenses for each household.

Seoyangho, Mayor of Jung-gu, said, "We are paying special attention to the health of the elderly, who are particularly vulnerable during the COVID-19 situation, and continuously preparing health management programs suitable for social distancing," adding, "We will do our best to provide meticulous care for high-risk frail elderly in the community in connection with the Dementia Safety Center and visiting nursing."

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