Incheon City Expands 'Daily Care Service' for Youth and Middle-aged to 9 Districts and Counties

Incheon City is expanding its care services, which have been focused on the elderly, children, and people with disabilities, to include young adults and middle-aged individuals.

On the 5th, the city announced that it will expand the 'Daily Care Service,' which supports middle-aged individuals aged 40 to 64 who need daily care and young adults who care for their families, to nine districts and counties excluding Ongjin-gun starting this month.

The city has also broadened the service target age range from middle-aged individuals aged 40 to 64 who need care to young adults aged 19 and above. The age range for young family caregivers has been expanded from 13?34 years to 9?39 years.

The Daily Care Service provides home visits offering assistance with meals, housekeeping, and specialized services such as meal and nutrition management and hospital accompaniment. Users pay a co-payment based on their income level. To use the service, residents can apply by visiting their local administrative welfare center.

Care services provided by the government and local authorities have so far been expanded mainly for the elderly, children, and people with disabilities, but there have been ongoing calls for services targeting young family caregivers and middle-aged and young adults in need of care.

Accordingly, a pilot project for the Daily Care Service was conducted last year in Yeonsu-gu and Bupyeong-gu in Incheon, and now the service area has been expanded to cover the entire city except for Ongjin-gun, which consists of islands.

An official from Incheon City stated, "Through the Daily Care Service, we aim to reduce the burden of family caregiving for citizens and strengthen the social safety net."

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