Pilot Implementation of 'Gyeonggi Dolbom Project' Supporting Care Service Expenses Including Daily Care Next Year

Flowchart of Service Provision Procedures for the 'Gyeonggi Care Project' Pilot Program Scheduled by Gyeonggi Province Next Year

Gyeonggi Province will pilot the ‘Gyeonggi Care Project’ next year, providing support for care personnel expenses in various fields such as daily care, housing safety, and psychological counseling in 15 cities and counties within the province. Gyeonggi Province is recruiting cities and counties to participate in next year’s project until October 18.

The Gyeonggi Care Project is a new initiative aimed at improving the quality of life for residents by having the province and cities/counties jointly support part of the care personnel expenses in response to the rapidly aging population and the growing care blind spots among middle-aged groups.

Gyeonggi Province will select 15 cities and counties for the pilot project through a public contest. The total project budget is 18 billion KRW, with the province and cities/counties each covering 50% of the cost.

Cities and counties can choose to provide services based on either the basic type (5 major services) or the expanded type (7 major services) according to local circumstances.

The basic type consists of ▲daily care ▲accompaniment care ▲housing safety ▲meal support ▲temporary protection services, while the expanded type adds home medical care and psychological counseling services to the basic services.

The service support cost is 1.5 million KRW per person annually. Any resident can receive services in their city or county of residence, but those with income below 120% of the median income receive services free of charge, those between 120% and 150% of the median income receive 50% support for usage fees, and those above 150% must pay the full cost themselves.

For example, if ‘daily care’ is needed due to sudden accidents or physical or household activities, services can be used up to 15 days per year (up to 4 hours per day) at a rate of 16,190 KRW per hour (based on the elderly long-term care home visit payment standard).

To promote this pilot project, Gyeonggi Province collected various opinions through preference surveys targeting residents, expert meetings, a special task force (TF) for province-city/county cooperation, and a special task force for administrative innovation.

Among the applicant cities and counties, internal and external experts will comprehensively consider factors such as willingness and capacity to promote the project, establishment of promotion systems, and regional characteristics for project application to select the 15 project areas. Once the project areas are decided, training for city/county officials and service providers will be conducted.

Kim Neung-sik, Director of the Welfare Bureau of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "We will respond promptly to urgent and diverse care needs, complement gaps in existing care by linking scattered individual welfare projects, and actively address aging and the increase of single-person households."

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