Starting September, 'Daily Care Service' Project to be Implemented in 5 Cities Including Yongin

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Gyeonggi Province's Yongin, Namyangju, Gwangmyeong, Gwangju, and Icheon cities will provide 'Daily Care Services' starting this September for middle-aged and young adults who care for family members such as parents, siblings, or others facing difficulties in daily life.

Daily Care Services is a program designed for young and middle-aged adults who have not previously received care service benefits. The support targets are middle-aged adults aged 40 to 64 who have difficulty managing daily life alone due to illness, injury, isolation, etc., or who find it hard to receive care from family or relatives, and young adults aged 13 to 34 who care for parents, grandparents, siblings, or relatives.

Gyeonggi Province will provide these individuals with basic services and specialized services tailored to user needs. Basic services include welfare checks and companionship, home safety support, as well as care and household services such as cleaning, dishwashing, and meal preparation.

Specialized services include ▲meal and nutrition management (providing food delivery three times a week, dietary therapy based on illness and physical characteristics) ▲hospital accompaniment ▲psychological and physical exercise support ▲independent living support for family caregiving youth (financial planning, career planning, etc.) ▲and Gyeonggi Province’s unique large laundry service.

Users can choose from three plans: Type A (basic 24 hours per month, one specialized service), Type B (basic 12 hours per month, two specialized services), or Type C (basic 36 hours per month).

Service recipients are selected based on the priority of care needs rather than income, but the user’s co-payment for service fees varies according to income.

For example, basic service costs are fully covered for recipients of the National Basic Livelihood Security and lower-income groups, while those with income up to 120% of the median income pay 10% of the usage fee, and those between 120% and 160% pay 20%, etc.

For specialized services, recipients of the National Basic Livelihood Security and lower-income groups pay 5% of the usage fee, those up to 120% of median income pay 20%, and those between 120% and 160% pay 30%, etc.

The basic service fee varies by daily usage time, with a 3-hour session costing 53,000 KRW. Specialized services range from 120,000 to 250,000 KRW per month depending on the service type.

Gyeonggi Province will select and support 471 people across the five regions.

The recruitment schedule by region is as follows: ▲Gwangju City from August 14 to 23 ▲Gwangmyeong City from August 16 to 22 ▲Yongin and Icheon Cities from August 7 until user recruitment is complete ▲Namyangju City from August 21 until user recruitment is complete.

Applications can be made by middle-aged adults needing daily care services and family caregiving youth by visiting their local eup, myeon, or dong community service centers.

For more details, contact Yongin City Welfare Policy Division (031-324-2660), Namyangju City Welfare Policy Division (031-590-0988), Gwangmyeong City Disability Welfare Division (02-2680-6895), Gwangju City Welfare Policy Division (031-760-3770), Icheon City Welfare Policy Division (031-645-3528), or Gyeonggi Province Community Service Support Group (031-271-9226).

Kim Neungsik, Director of Welfare at Gyeonggi Province, said, "We hope that middle-aged adults and family caregiving youth who have had difficulty performing daily life alone due to illness, injury, or isolation, which can be considered care blind spots, will receive the necessary services through daily care. We will strive to gradually expand the service areas starting with this project."

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