Seoul Socially Isolated Household Support Center, Establishes Smart Care System

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The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 15th that the Socially Isolated Household Support Center has officially launched as an organization with a plaque ceremony to expand its support project for socially isolated households at risk of lonely death.

The plaque ceremony was held the day before, attended by Kang Seok-ju, Chair of the Health and Welfare Committee of the Seoul Metropolitan Council; Yoo Seung-gyu, CEO of 'Anmuseoun Hoesa,' a company established by a reclusive young person to support isolated youth; Lee Jeong-ha, CEO of 'Padoson,' a human rights organization for people with mental disabilities; and Kim Sang-cheol, CEO of the Seoul Welfare Foundation.

The center plans to strengthen public-private cooperation to provide more systematic and efficient welfare services to socially isolated and at-risk households in Seoul. It will establish a 24-hour smart care system through the operation support of an artificial intelligence (AI) check-in service and the construction of a comprehensive crisis response system for isolated households.

Additionally, to strengthen the discovery and support system for socially isolated households centered on private field sites such as welfare centers, the number of cooperating institutions for the socially isolated household support project 'Itda+' will be expanded from 20 last year to 30 this year.

Lee Su-jin, Director of the Socially Isolated Household Support Center, stated, “Japan started its zero lonely death policy in 2008, and the UK appointed a Minister for Loneliness in 2018. Responding to lonely death is no longer optional but essential.” She added, “As the first center established nationwide, we will do our best to focus on preventing lonely death through various attempts and efforts so that it can become a national model.”

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