Gangdong-gu Wins Korea Healthy City Award for 3 Consecutive Years

8th Korea Healthy City Award Excellence Award Winner Hosted by Korea Healthy City Partnership (KHCP)

Recognized for Efforts to Realize a Healthy Gangdong through the Nation’s First ‘Gangdong-gu Dementia Family Support Center’ Operation

Gangdong-gu (Mayor Lee Soo-hee) has been honored with the Korea Healthy City Award for three consecutive years.

Gangdong-gu announced that it won the Excellence Award at the 8th Korea Healthy City Award contest hosted by the Korea Healthy City Partnership (KHCP) for operating the nation’s first ‘Gangdong-gu Dementia Family Support Center’ under the theme ‘Turn ON Your Heart.’

The Korea Healthy City Award is the only domestic healthy city contest that annually discovers and awards outstanding healthy city cases among 103 metropolitan and local government member cities affiliated with the Korea Healthy City Partnership.

The ‘Turn ON Your Heart’ operation of the nation’s first ‘Gangdong-gu Dementia Family Support Center,’ which won the Excellence Award this time, is an excellent case of Healthy City Gangdong that has been operating since this year to fully support the families of dementia patients, who suffer the most beside the patients but have lacked practical help.

The Dementia Family Support Center, located near Gangdong-gu Office (121, Seongan-ro 3-gil, 3rd floor), is equipped with a program room, caf?-style rest area, and family counseling room, providing various counseling services for families of dementia patients as well as diverse healing programs such as horticulture, crafts, and art. It also supports self-help groups to promote interaction among dementia patient families, dementia education, and home care services (support for physical activities and daily living, nursing care, etc.) so that families can rest comfortably.

The Dementia Family Support Center programs include ▲ ON-dol ▲ ON-gi ▲ Knowledge ON ▲ ON-jeonhan Na ▲ Caf? ON-jeong.

ON-dol is an in-home care service for dementia patients within 64 hours per year. When caregivers are hospitalized or attending events, a care worker is dispatched to the home to care for the elderly with dementia in a familiar environment.

ON-gi is an individual or group counseling program that provides in-depth counseling and evaluation upon center registration, followed by personalized counseling connections to warm the hearts of caregivers.

Knowledge ON is an educational program that provides knowledge to help families caring for dementia patients understand dementia at each stage from initial diagnosis to terminal stage and overcome caregiving difficulties.

ON-jeonhan Na is a program that allows families who care for dementia patients but have neglected their own health and minds to turn ‘ON’ time and experiences for themselves as if switching on a light.

Lastly, Caf? ON-jeong is a cozy space that serves as a retreat for families exhausted from caregiving, offering a warm cup of tea to those tired from caring for dementia patients.

The Gangdong-gu Dementia Family Support Center operates from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays for families caring for dementia patients or residents with caregiving experience.

Lee Soo-hee, Mayor of Gangdong-gu, said, “We will do our best so that more dementia families and caregivers can enjoy a healthy old age and a happy life through the various programs of the Dementia Family Support Center.”

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