Gijang-gun Health Center Wins Excellence Award in 'Dementia Management Field Practice Case Contest'

At the 2022 Dementia Management Field Practice Case Contest Awards Ceremony, the Director of Health Promotion Division of Gijang-gun (third from the right) received the Excellence Award and is taking a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] The Busan Gijang-gun Public Health Center won the Excellence Award with the "Dementia Specialized Healing Farm Memory Growing Place" at the '2022 Dementia Management Field Practice Case Contest' held for 16 district dementia safety centers in Busan on the 21st.

The "Dementia Specialized Healing Farm Memory Growing Place" resumed face-to-face programs that had been restricted due to COVID-19, such as ▲ vegetable gardening ▲ making traditional liquor ▲ natural indigo dyeing ▲ flower arranging, leading to social contact and interaction among dementia patients.

The Gijang-gun Public Health Center received high praise for leveraging the characteristics of an urban-agricultural complex area by conducting healing agriculture programs through an agreement with the Gijang-gun Agricultural Technology Center.

The Public Health Center plans to continue developing physical and cognitive enhancement programs in preparation for a super-aged society and infectious disease outbreaks, and to continuously strive to discover and manage dementia patients.

Additionally, efforts will be made to expand face-to-face and non-face-to-face services easily accessible to dementia case management subjects and to develop community-linked mental health promotion projects.

A representative of the Gijang-gun Dementia Safety Center said, “We ask for active interest in creating a dementia-friendly environment where dementia patients, their families, and the local community can come together to alleviate social alienation and promote dementia prevention and management.”

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