Seoul Gangseo-gu Leads Nutritional Management for Elderly and Disabled Socially Vulnerable Groups

Operation of Social Welfare Meal Management Support Center at Naebalsan-dong Cultural Center from July 1

Visiting guidance by professional nutritionists for small-scale social welfare meal facilities with fewer than 50 people

Consulting support for social welfare meal sites, providing customized menus and cooking manuals

Gangseo-gu, Seoul is committed to ensuring meal safety for socially vulnerable groups such as the elderly and disabled, and strives to eliminate welfare blind spots.

The district announced that from July 1, the Social Welfare Meal Management Support Center will be fully operational at the Naebalsan-dong Cultural Center.

Although small-scale social welfare facilities are increasing due to the expansion of social care services driven by aging, most lack nutrition and hygiene management experts, making it difficult to provide healthy and balanced meals.

The Social Welfare Meal Management Support Center supports visiting guidance by professional nutritionists to small-scale social welfare meal facilities with fewer than 50 people that do not have nutritionists, assisting with hygiene, safety, and nutrition management.

It also provides consulting support for meal management at social welfare meal sites and offers customized menus and cooking manuals considering the health conditions of the elderly and disabled.

Hygiene, safety, and nutrition education programs will also be operated for cooking staff such as caregivers and social workers, as well as guardians.

To this end, the district signed a consignment operation agreement for the Gangseo-gu Social Welfare Meal Management Support Center with the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation of Sookmyung Women’s University.

A district official said, “Through the Social Welfare Meal Management Support Center, which is being operated for the first time in Gangseo-gu, we expect the quality of nutrition and hygiene in meals provided by small-scale social welfare facilities to improve,” adding, “We will continue to work to create a safe meal environment to promote the health and quality of life of vulnerable groups such as the elderly and disabled.”

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