Ulsan City Opens Emergency Care Center for People with Developmental Disabilities... 24-Hour Service

Available for up to 30 days annually

Starting in July, 24-hour emergency care services for people with developmental disabilities will be provided in Ulsan.

On the 3rd at 2 p.m., Ulsan City will hold an opening ceremony for the "Ulsan City Developmental Disabilities Emergency Care Center" in Daldong, Nam-gu. About 10 people, including Kim Byung-su, Special Advisor on Social Welfare and Disability Policy for Ulsan City, will attend the event.

The newly opened "Emergency Care Center" will hold a facility open event for citizens from the 4th to the 9th, and will begin full operation from the 10th.

This center temporarily cares for people with developmental disabilities when their caregivers are hospitalized or face unavoidable situations such as family events.

While staying at the center, services such as daily living support including washing and bathing, participation in activities like hobbies and walks, health and meal support, and nighttime care are provided.

There is one facility for males and one for females (each with a capacity of 4 people), designed to create a comfortable and safe living space similar to a typical household.

The service is available to registered people with developmental disabilities aged 6 to under 65, and the usage period per admission ranges from 1 to 7 days depending on the reason for admission, with a maximum of 30 days per year.

The daily fee is 30,000 KRW, but recipients of the National Basic Livelihood Security and lower-income groups pay only 15,000 KRW.

Kim Yeon-ok, Director of the Welfare and Women’s Bureau, said, “With the opening of the emergency care center in Ulsan, we expect the caregiving burden on families of people with developmental disabilities to be reduced,” adding, “We will spare no effort to support the improvement of the quality of life for families of people with developmental disabilities by establishing a 24-hour emergency care support system similar to a home environment.”

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