Gwangju Nam-gu, Senior Center Health Keeper Project Gains Popularity
The Senior Center Health Keeper project operated by Nam-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, is playing a vital role as a healing touch for the elderly and receiving great love.
According to Nam-gu, the Senior Center Health Keeper project is a healthcare service project carried out through cooperation between the administrative agency Nam-gu Office and private medical institutions to provide integrated health and medical services to local residents.
The project is conducted by doctors affiliated with medical institutions that have signed agreements with the district office visiting senior centers as part of community medical service to provide medical care.
Since signing agreements with 61 medical institutions in March, the Health Keeper activities conducted over four months until the end of June have totaled 42 sessions, reaching 550 elderly people at 23 senior centers.
The elderly mainly receive various medical services including internal medicine, ophthalmology, dentistry, and Korean medicine, as well as health consultations to manage their health.
In particular, basic health examinations such as blood pressure and blood sugar tests, chronic disease management, eye disease and oral examinations, and acupuncture treatments are highly popular medical services among senior center users.
The reason the Senior Center Health Keeper project is so well received is that it eliminates the inconvenience of having to travel to hospitals by public transportation or children’s vehicles to receive acupuncture or various medical treatments.
Nam-gu plans to carry out the Health Keeper project about 180 times targeting 94 senior centers in the district by the end of this year, and will focus on promoting the health of senior center users by providing various health and medical services including medication counseling and education on implant and denture care in addition to various medical treatments.
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A Nam-gu official said, "We will do our best to promote the project for the healthy lives of the elderly, and ensure that visiting nurses provide basic health examinations and health education services at senior centers so that no senior center is left isolated."
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