Temporary Support Fund of 200,000 KRW to Be Paid to 360,000 Long-term Care Institution Care Workers
[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] Despite the risk of COVID-19 infection, temporary support payments will be provided as early as the end of this month to care workers working in long-term care institutions.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on the 2nd that it plans to provide approximately 360,000 direct care workers, including care helpers, social workers, nurses and nursing assistants, and physical therapists working in elderly care facilities or home care facilities, with 200,000 KRW per person in cash.
The support targets are long-term care workers who have been working in elderly care facilities since January of this year or who provide long-term care services such as home care, home bathing, day and night care, short-term care, and home nursing at home care facilities. However, care helpers who only care for family members who are recipients of long-term care services are excluded from the payment.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare will establish a support payment application system and accept applications from eligible recipients, with payments expected to be made sequentially from the end of this month or early next month. Those classified as eligible can apply online through the National Health Insurance Corporation information system via the long-term care institution they belong to around the fifth week of this month.
The government expects that this temporary support payment for long-term care workers will help encourage and boost the morale of long-term care workers who are dedicated to maintaining the care system amid the COVID-19 situation.
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Eun Sung-ho, Director of Elderly Policy at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said, "We hope this temporary support payment can offer some encouragement to long-term care workers who have done their best in infection control and care provision despite difficult circumstances," adding, "We will cooperate with the National Health Insurance Corporation to prepare to provide the temporary support payments as conveniently and quickly as possible."
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