NHIS Expands Pilot Project for Elderly Specialized Nursing Rooms from 20 to 25 Locations
Goal of Providing Integrated Care and Health Management Services
[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] The National Health Insurance Service announced on the 30th that it will extend and expand the 'Specialized Nursing Room Pilot Project in Elderly Care Facilities' to strengthen health management and medical and nursing services within elderly care facilities.
The Specialized Nursing Room Pilot Project aims to provide integrated care and health management by offering professional nursing services on a ward basis by nurses or nursing assistants to long-term care residents classified as levels 1 to 4 who require nursing services within care facilities.
Among the residents participating in the pilot project, elderly individuals requiring specialized nursing care such as nutritional management and pressure ulcer care can receive differentiated health management services. Depending on their physical and mental functional status, they can move between general rooms and specialized nursing rooms within the same facility to receive health management.
The project began in 2019 targeting 20 care facilities and is currently still developing the institutional model. The NHIS plans to increase the number of pilot project facilities to 25 this year. Based on last year's operation results, satisfaction with nursing services among residents and their families was 87.4%, and 87.0% of caregivers expressed willingness to recommend the service, showing positive evaluations and confirmed cost-effectiveness.
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Kang Do-tae, Director of NHIS, said, "As public demand for differentiated long-term care services grows, we are promoting the introduction of specialized nursing rooms in care facilities as a full-scale project. In addition, we will actively strive to improve the quality of life in old age by expanding dementia-specialized care facilities."
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