Mapo-gu Supports 50 Mobility-Impaired Seniors with Walking Assistive Devices

District Mayor Park Gang-su: "Walking Greatly Benefits Health... Will Devote All Efforts to Enhancing Seniors' Happiness and Quality of Life"

Mapo-gu (Mayor Park Gang-su) announced that it will provide 50 walking assist carts, a mobility aid, to low-income elderly residents with mobility difficulties in the area to help them live safely and healthily.

Moderate walking exercise helps reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, relieve depression, and strengthen joint muscles in the elderly. However, simple walking exercise can be difficult and risky for elderly people with mobility issues, so the district is implementing a walking assist cart support project.

The walking assist cart support targets low-income elderly people aged 65 and over, excluding long-term care benefit recipients. The district plans to purchase walking assist carts equipped with seats so that the elderly can sit and rest anywhere when they get tired while walking, and deliver them through community centers.

An elderly person currently using a walking assist cart said, "My legs were weak, so I often stayed at home without even daring to go outside. Using the walking assist cart, I can now go outside, talk with other seniors on walks, and enjoy walking exercise under the warm sunlight, which has improved both my body and mind."

Park Gang-su, Mayor of Mapo-gu, said, "I hope the walking assist carts become a reliable support for the elderly," and added, "We will continue to devote all our efforts to enhancing the happiness and quality of life in old age through various welfare policies that carefully monitor the health and safety of the elderly in the community."

In addition to supporting walking assist carts, Mapo-gu is also focusing on realizing universal elderly welfare by expanding the ‘Resident Participation Filial Piety Meal’ project to all neighborhoods starting this month to prevent elderly malnutrition and loneliness.

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