Jeonju City Operates App for 'Solitary Death Prevention'

[Jeonju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho] Jeonju City announced on the 9th that it plans to operate the ‘Jeonju Citizen Safety Service App’ to prevent solitary deaths among single-person households, including elderly living alone.

The Jeonju Citizen Safety Service App is used to respond to emergencies by sending a text message with the GPS-tracked location to multiple pre-registered rescuers if a high-risk solitary death household does not use their mobile phone for a certain period of time.

It has the advantage of not requiring a separate server, thus eliminating the risk of personal information exposure, and the app is simple to use.

Jeonju City will first conduct a three-month pilot operation targeting elderly living alone and middle-aged single-person households suspected of isolation in the Peace-dong Social Security Special Support Zone, adjusting the appropriate mobile phone non-use time, and plans to fully launch the service starting November.

Meanwhile, the Jeonju Citizen Safety Service App will be operated using an app developed and distributed free of charge by Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam Province.

Jeonju=Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho stonepeak@asiae.co.kr

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