Eunpyeong-gu Selected for 'Long-term Care Home Medical Center Pilot Project' for 2 Consecutive Years

(Photo by Eunpyeong-gu Office)

Seoul Eunpyeong-gu (District Mayor Kim Mi-kyung) has been selected for the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s ‘Long-term Care Home Medical Center Pilot Project’ for the second consecutive year.

The ‘Long-term Care Home Medical Center Pilot Project’ targets home-based long-term care recipients who have difficulty visiting medical institutions due to mobility issues. A multidisciplinary team consisting of doctors, nurses, and social workers visits the recipients’ homes to provide integrated services including medical treatment, nursing, and other care services.

To ensure smooth implementation of the pilot project, Eunpyeong-gu renewed a ‘Mutual Exchange and Cooperation Agreement’ with Salim Medical Welfare Social Cooperative’s Salim Clinic on the 20th of last month.

The district plans to actively promote the project at local social welfare facilities and community service centers to enable long-term care recipients with mobility difficulties in the area to receive integrated medical, nursing, and care services at home.

Meanwhile, since last year, Eunpyeong-gu has been conducting the ‘Salim Home Medical Center’ (formerly Village Nursing Station) project in collaboration with Salim Medical Welfare Social Cooperative, centered around the Care SOS Center.

By providing regular home visit medical services and linking community care, the project has helped prevent rehospitalization and manage the health of medically vulnerable groups, enabling them to continue living in the community.

Kim Mi-kyung, Mayor of Eunpyeong-gu, stated, “A medical care cooperation system has been established so that elderly people with mobility difficulties can spend their later years comfortably where they have lived.” She added, “We will continue to do our best to provide more elderly people with high-quality integrated care services through public-private cooperation to respond to the super-aged society.”

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