Gyeongin Regional Rehabilitation Hospital to Provide Integrated Nursing and Care Services Starting March

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Incheon City announced on the 23rd that starting from March, it will provide integrated nursing and caregiving services at the Gyeongin Regional Rehabilitation Hospital (Yeonsu-gu, Incheon) to reduce the economic burden on disabled and patients requiring rehabilitation and to ensure safe rehabilitation treatment.

The integrated nursing and caregiving service under the Medical Service Act is an inpatient service provided at hospital-level medical institutions for patients without a guardian residing with them. Nurses, nursing assistants, and caregiving support staff comprehensively provide caregiving as well as assistance with mobility and meals.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare has designated seven regional rehabilitation hospitals nationwide, and the Gyeongin Regional Rehabilitation Hospital is the only regional rehabilitation hospital in the metropolitan area and a medical rehabilitation facility for the disabled.

To implement the integrated nursing and caregiving service, the city changed the classification of the Gyeongin Regional Rehabilitation Hospital from a long-term care hospital to a general hospital and supported approximately 800 million KRW to reinforce facilities and equipment.

With this integrated service, the previous caregiving cost of 3 to 4 million KRW will be reduced to 800,000 to 900,000 KRW, easing the economic burden on patients and their guardians. For basic livelihood security recipients, the personal burden is even lower.

The admission targets of the Gyeongin Regional Rehabilitation Hospital are patients requiring treatment within two years of onset for brain lesion rehabilitation, spinal cord injury rehabilitation, neurological injury diseases, dysphagia (swallowing movement) rehabilitation, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, and others.

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