Gwangju Dong-gu "Saving Lives of Elderly Living Alone through Public-Private Cooperation"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, which has been continuously promoting customized care services for the elderly for three years, has given a warm impression by saving the life of a solitary elderly person who was lying alone at home ahead of the Chuseok holiday.

On the 6th, a care worker belonging to the CCC Dong-gu Senior Welfare Center, which supports customized care services for the elderly, sensed that something was wrong with Mr. Jeong (87), a resident of Jisan 1-dong, when he did not answer a welfare check phone call and immediately reported it to the affiliated organization.

The social worker at the affiliated organization who received the contact then reached out to the Jisan 1-dong Administrative Welfare Center.

Subsequently, upon visiting the residence with the police and discovering the elderly person collapsed, they immediately requested rescue via 119 and swiftly transported him to the hospital.

Currently, the elderly person has passed the dangerous critical phase and is stabilizing.

Since 2020, Dong-gu has been gaining positive responses by conducting customized care services for the elderly, supporting the daily life and social activities of solitary elderly people, and linking local resources.

Additionally, care workers check on the health status of solitary elderly people by making welfare check phone calls twice a week and visiting them once a week.

On the 7th, Dong-gu Mayor Lim Taek said, “It is a great relief that the public and private sectors cooperated quickly and unitedly to safely save the elderly person,” adding, “Considering the characteristics of Dong-gu, which has entered a super-aged society, we will create an environment where all elderly people can live safely and healthily.”

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