Yeongdeok-gun Operates Middle-Aged Social Dining Program... Providing Opportunities for Communication and Exchange Through Cooking Activities

The Mental Health Welfare Center of Yeongdeok-gun, Gyeongbuk, received high praise for operating a social dining program aimed at promoting the mental health of middle-aged and older adults over the past month.

Yeongdeok-gun operated a social dining program for middle-aged and older adults.

Social dining is a program designed to alleviate loneliness and form social relationships by communicating and interacting while making healthy meals together, addressing social isolation and mental health issues caused by changes in the social and economic status of middle-aged and older adults.

Selected through a Gyeongbuk Province public contest, this program was conducted for 15 retirees and those expecting retirement, consisting of five sessions: ▲Healthy Table ▲Hearty Table ▲Elegant Table ▲Simple Table ▲Making a Cutting Board. Participants engaged in conversations on various topics and took time to reflect on their own feelings.

Kim Jaehee, director of the Mental Health Welfare Center, stated, “As loneliness issues arise due to the increase in single-person households among middle-aged and older adults, we plan to actively operate various programs to promote mental health and will make greater efforts to restore the mental well-being of our residents.”

Anyone can request help 24 hours a day when feeling mentally distressed. For mental health crisis counseling, call 1577-0199, and for suicide prevention counseling, call 1393.

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