A Village Free from Dementia Worries, "Neighbors Embrace Each Other" ... Yeongju City’s 'Dementia Care Village' Environment Development Project

Painting Murals in Pyeongeun 1-ri, Pyeongeun-myeon

A mural painting event was held in the Dementia Care Village in Pyeongeun-myeon, Yeongju-si, Gyeongbuk.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Gui-yeol] There is a village where dementia patients and their families can feel at ease. It is a ‘Dementia-Friendly Village’ where neighbors show interest and care even if someone has dementia.

Yeongju City, Gyeongbuk Province, is conducting a mural painting event as part of a project to help create a better environment in this village.

The Yeongju Dementia Safety Center held a mural painting event for three days starting from the 3rd in Pyeongeun 1-ri, Pyeongeun-myeon, which was selected as a Dementia-Friendly Village this year.

A Dementia-Friendly Village is a village where people with dementia can live safely in their own community with the interest and care of their neighbors. In Yeongju City, Imgok 2-ri was selected last year, and this year Pyeongeun 1-ri was newly selected, making two villages undergoing renewal.

This event is part of the Dementia-Friendly Village environment creation project. With the cooperation of Pyeongeun Nonghyup, the mural painting is being carried out on the warehouse walls with the talent donation of local mural specialists Ipsaedal Ohaverde and Supssogae Pop & Calli. Nursing students from Dongyang University, who are leading dementia overcoming projects, and village residents participated together in painting the murals.

Seok Jeong-hwan from Pyeongeun 1-ri, who participated in the mural painting, expressed his joy, saying, “The village atmosphere has become much livelier and brighter with the fresh murals at the village entrance.”

Along with the mural painting project, Yeongju City plans to take the lead in creating a dementia-friendly environment through various dementia understanding support and prevention projects targeting Dementia-Friendly Villages, such as operating the Dementia-Friendly Village Operation Council, resident participation projects, prevention education, supporter training, operating dementia-friendly rest centers, family support including creating social families, dementia safety homeschooling, walking clubs, and hobby classes.

In addition to the Dementia-Friendly Village creation project, the Yeongju Dementia Safety Center provides various dementia welfare services that care for the health of dementia patients and reduce the burden on families, including support for dementia treatment management costs, public guardianship support projects for dementia, provision of care supplies needed for dementia patient care, and program operation through dementia patient rest centers.

Kim In-seok, Director of the Health Center, said, “We will continue to carry out environmental creation projects to develop Dementia-Friendly Paths, support health promotion supplies, cognitive rehabilitation programs, dementia prevention programs, and dementia partner training to cultivate better Dementia-Friendly Villages.”

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