Gwangju Seo-gu Wins 'Excellence Award' for Community Integrated Care Service Evaluation

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Shin Dong-ho] Seo-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Seo Dae-seok) announced on the 15th that it has won the 'Excellence Award' for two consecutive years in the 2021 Regional Welfare Project 'Provision of Community Integrated Care Services' category hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

Last year, Seo-gu established the Integrated Care Promotion Team and selected care recipients through mandatory visits to seniors aged 75 and older. So far, it has provided over 200,000 care services to more than 4,000 recipients.

In particular, through collaboration with private specialized institutions, the self-developed ▲Happiness Manager App ▲AI Welfare Worker ▲Intensive Nutrition and Exercise Intervention ▲24-hour Safety Dispatch ▲Social Skills Training Support for Mental Illness Patients have been recognized as unique and efficient integrated care programs exclusive to Seo-gu.

Additionally, the service recipients were expanded from the elderly to include people with disabilities and mental illness, providing a total of 31 types of integrated care services such as housing, healthcare, nursing, care, daily life support, and artificial intelligence (AI) systems, meticulously delivered through agreements with 64 private institutions (organizations).

Moreover, a total of 913 integrated care services were linked and supported to help 55 people connected to hospitals (facilities), 93 discharged from hospitals, and 13 discharged from facilities return and settle in the community, achieving a 30% reduction in medical expenses (an average of 400,000 KRW per person per month).

Seo Dae-seok, Mayor of Seo-gu, said, "This award is the result of the joint efforts of the public and private sectors to establish the community integrated care pilot project," and added, "We will continue to do our best so that local residents in need of care can spend a comfortable old age where they have lived."

Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Shin Dong-ho sdhs6751@asiae.co.kr

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