Gwangjin-gu Supports Home Treatment Patients with 'Health Management Kits'... Launch of 'Seodaemun-gu Community Care Project Group'

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gwangjin-gu (District Mayor Kim Seon-gap) will support the ‘Gwangjin-type Health Management Set’ for confirmed COVID-19 patients in blind spots who have not received kits among home treatment patients, starting from the 14th, the first of its kind in Seoul.

Due to the recent surge in confirmed cases of the Omicron variant and shortages in the supply of medicines and other items, the government revised quarantine guidelines on February 16 and stopped providing supplies to the general management group.

Accordingly, Gwangjin-gu took measures to provide the ‘Gwangjin-type Health Management Set’ to the general management group excluded from support.

This aims to establish a ‘Gwangjin-type quarantine system’ that residents can trust and to promptly address treatment blind spots.

The health management set consists of essential items such as two bottles of antipyretics, two bottles of cold medicine, an electronic thermometer, and four types of disinfection sprays.

The support targets are general management group home treatment patients residing in Gwangjin-gu, and applications can be made through the Gwangjin-gu Office website.

The support period is one month from March 14 to April 13, and it is planned to be extended monthly considering changes in quarantine guidelines such as confirmed case management methods by the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters.

The health kits will be delivered on the day of application through a delivery company as a principle, but if applied after 6 p.m., delivery will be made by the next morning to ensure receipt within 24 hours.

In addition, QR codes containing ▲home treatment guidance ▲confirmed patient and cohabitant lifestyle guidance are printed on the outside of the kit packaging to help resolve any questions.

Kim Seon-gap, Mayor of Gwangjin-gu, said, “Although Omicron causes less severe symptoms compared to Delta, the general management group confirmed patients are increasingly anxious as they are managed through self-treatment rather than direct management. Especially, anxiety increases when they do not have basic medicines like antipyretics or are not familiar with emergency response measures, so we decided to provide basic medicines and guidance.”

Furthermore, on the 11th, the district held a ‘Resident Listening Session for Improving COVID-19 Quarantine System’ and is promoting a ‘Special Contest for Ideas to Improve Quarantine Rules’ through the website, making various efforts to alleviate residents’ inconveniences caused by COVID-19.

Gangnam-gu (District Mayor Jung Soon-gyun) completed the establishment of an online system on the 5th that allows home treatment patients to receive isolation notices through the district website without visiting the public health center.

Confirmed cases in the region who underwent specimen testing after the 28th of last month can receive or print the isolation notice as an electronic file after real-name authentication in the ‘Isolation Notice Issuance’ menu under ‘Comprehensive Civil Service - Notification Service’ on the Gangnam-gu Office website. Minors or elderly who have difficulty authenticating directly can authenticate through the guardian’s contact information recorded in the epidemiological investigation form.

Since the early days of COVID-19, Gangnam-gu has been the first nationwide to provide services such as ▲simple disaster relief fund inquiry via the website ▲mobile appointment certificate issuance ▲online simple entry log ▲quarantine status and mask stock pharmacy map service, and was the first local government to introduce ▲electronic braille services for the visually impaired.

Additionally, it operated a smart infectious disease center where one-stop testing is possible with a single QR code, and introduced nationwide firsts such as ▲smart entry logs ▲non-face-to-face electronic civil service applications ▲COVID-19 test result confirmation services through the mobile app The Gangnam, being repeatedly selected as a model case of proactive administration.

Jung Soon-gyun, Mayor of Gangnam-gu, said, “During the 7th elected term, Gangnam-gu has prepared for the post-COVID era faster than anyone else and turned crises into opportunities. We will continue to build and share advanced administrative systems befitting an ‘Ontact Leader’ and fulfill our role as a ‘Mother City’ that shares the benefits received with society.”

Seodaemun-gu (District Mayor Moon Seok-jin) recently organized and started operating the ‘Local Care Project Group’ to provide desired services quickly and integratively to residents in need of care such as the elderly and disabled.

The project group is an alliance of 12 social economy enterprises and institutions in the local care sector, providing 10 services including nursing and bathing, residential convenience, Care SOS, music, art, horticultural therapy, rehabilitation and exercise, dementia prevention, nutrition management, laundry, welfare equipment rental, and home hairdressing and beauty services.

To facilitate smooth use by residents, the ‘Seodaemun Local Care Integrated Call Center (02-372-1011)’ is operated.

Any local resident in need of care can call here to receive counseling tailored to the individual. The call center operates from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays.

After the call, a one-stop process is conducted including ▲consultation and care needs assessment through home visits ▲design of optimal customized services ▲service provision ▲satisfaction survey and follow-up management.

Details such as different service prices and specific care contents according to the elderly long-term care grade are explained in detail during call or visit counseling.

Previously, the district signed an agreement with Kakao Mobility Co., Ltd. to enhance mobility convenience for transportation-vulnerable residents and is preparing to launch the service next month.

When the ‘mobility support service’ is combined with the ‘customized integrated care’ of the Local Care Project Group, user convenience is expected to increase further.

Moon Seok-jin, Mayor of Seodaemun-gu, said, “We will actively work with the project group to resolve the compartmentalization problem of fragmented care services and realize community care, that is, integrated community care.”

# A (32), living alone in Seocho-gu, Seoul, was diagnosed with COVID-19. Due to anxiety about the possibility of sudden deterioration at any time, A reportedly could not put down the phone during the week of home treatment.

The Seocho Single-Person Household Support Center announced that it will promote the single-person household COVID-19 safety project ‘1 Geo 3 Deuk’ which supports three things: safety check-in service, safety 5-item kit, and safe meal, to alleviate anxiety for single-person households undergoing home treatment.

The center is a welfare institution for single-person households established by Seocho-gu in 2019 as the first basic local government to provide safety, care, and convenience services for single-person households, and has promoted various policies such as Seoripul Health 119 and the Solo Meal Project.

This project aims to resolve the care blind spots for single-person households who find it difficult to receive monitoring and home treatment kits unlike the intensive management group aged 60 and over under the Omicron-tailored quarantine system, making immediate emergency response difficult.

First, the ‘Safety Check-in Service’ sends a voice message every day at 10 a.m. during the isolation period to single-person household home treatment patients to check on their well-being. If there is no response, the message is resent every 30 minutes, and if there is no response more than three times, a center staff member visits the patient’s home to check on them.

The ‘Safety 5-item Kit’ for health management and hygiene of home treatment patients consists of pain relievers and antipyretics, cold medicine, disposable thermometer, hand sanitizer, and designated waste bags, and the center sends it to the home with an encouragement message enclosed.

Also, the center provides a gifticon for delivery food apps as a ‘Safe Meal’ to help single-person households who have difficulty preparing meals during isolation to easily have a meal.

The target is single-person households under 59 years old residing in Seocho-gu who are COVID-19 home treatment patients, and applications can be made within three days from the notification date of confirmation through the Seocho Single-Person Household Support Center website. When applying, a resident registration certificate to verify single-person household status and a screenshot of the health center’s confirmation notification text must be attached. The center will verify the documents and deliver the safety 5-item kit on the day of application for prompt support.

The district plans to produce a single-person household home treatment guideline containing useful living information such as how to respond when COVID-19 symptoms appear, home treatment-related call centers, and screening clinic information, and distribute it via text messages, the website, and various SNS.

A district official said, “We hope that through this project, single-person households who found it difficult to ask for help when confirmed with COVID-19 can receive home treatment with peace of mind.”

Seongbuk-gu (District Mayor Lee Seung-ro) will distribute rapid antigen test kits free of charge to pregnant women in the district starting from the 17th.

The distribution target is currently pregnant women, and 10 rapid antigen test kits will be provided for use once or twice a week. Pregnant women who wish to receive the kits can visit the community service center at their registered address and apply from the 17th to the 31st.

When receiving the kits, they must bring an ID and a pregnancy confirmation document or maternity handbook to verify pregnancy. If the pregnant woman cannot visit in person, a spouse, direct ascendant, or sibling can receive the kits on her behalf by submitting a family relation certificate and pregnancy confirmation document.

For further inquiries, contact the Women and Family Division of Seongbuk-gu Office.

Lee Seung-ro, Mayor of Seongbuk-gu, said, “Pregnant women and their families, who are vulnerable to infection, must be very worried amid the spread of COVID-19. We will do our best to protect the health of pregnant women and ensure the safety of vulnerable groups by distributing rapid antigen test kits.”

Songpa-gu (District Mayor Park Seong-su) published the ‘2022 Welfare Project Guide,’ which compiles the latest status of the district’s welfare policies, in both booklet and e-book formats.

The ‘Welfare Project Guide’ is a white paper that updates the district’s new welfare policies and annually changing service information. It has been published annually since 2014 to enhance the expertise of social welfare practitioners and related officials and improve residents’ access to welfare policies.

The ‘2022 Welfare Project Guide,’ which contains everything about welfare in Songpa-gu, includes detailed, tailored information by target groups such as low-income residents, youth, and disabled, and by topics such as housing, employment, and healthcare, from the ‘Care SOS Center’ opened in 2020 to address care blind spots worsened by the spread of COVID-19, to the ‘Coming-of-Age Support Fund’ paid for the first time nationwide by local governments in 2021, major welfare institutions, and crisis response manuals.

The ‘2022 Welfare Project Guide’ is accessible to all residents at local welfare centers and on the Songpa-gu Office website.

Park Seong-su, Mayor of Songpa-gu, said, “I hope the ‘2022 Welfare Project Guide’ becomes a reliable support for residents in need and a proper guide for practitioners to resolve welfare blind spots. We will continue to implement effective customized welfare policies to improve the quality of life for Songpa residents.”

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