Yangcheon-gu, Customized Home Medical Team Care Services for Long-term Care Patients with Mobility Difficulties

Promotion of 'Long-term Care Home Medical Center Pilot Project' for Integrated Home Medical and Welfare Support for Long-term Care Home Elderly
Home medical team consisting of Korean medicine doctors, nurses, and social workers regularly visits to provide medical and care services
Support for medical personnel and facilities through business agreement with Heedang Korean Medicine Clinic

Yangcheon-gu (District Mayor Lee Gijae) announced that it will officially operate the 'Long-term Care Home Medical Center Pilot Project' from this month to improve medical and welfare accessibility for long-term care recipients who have difficulty visiting hospitals due to mobility issues.

The 'Long-term Care Home Medical Center Pilot Project' is a program where a home medical care team consisting of doctors, nurses, and social workers visits the homes of long-term care recipients with mobility difficulties to provide integrated support including medical services and customized care services reflecting the needs of the recipients. Through this, it is expected that the elderly can spend their later years at home without having to be admitted to care facilities or hospitals.

Before the pilot operation, the district signed a business agreement earlier this month with 'Heedang Korean Medicine Clinic' located in Sinjeong 2-dong. The district plans to provide care resource linkage services, and Heedang Korean Medicine Clinic will support medical personnel and facilities.

The support targets are those among long-term care home benefit users who have mobility difficulties and are judged by a doctor to require home medical care, with priority given to grades 1 and 2. Recipients can use the service by paying only 30% of the 128,960 KRW per visit medical fee.

Those who wish to receive support can apply to the service provider, Heedang Korean Medicine Clinic, and will receive customized care services ranging from home medical team visits to welfare consultations. Once selected, recipients will receive at least one visit from a Korean medicine doctor per month, at least two visits from a nurse per month, and social workers will connect necessary local resources through occasional consultations.

Lee Gijae, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, said, “This project, which provides customized medical and welfare services by visiting homes, will greatly help elderly people with mobility difficulties to continue living within the community,” adding, “We will continue to develop highly effective care policies that reflect diverse needs and demands to create a livable city for the elderly in Yangcheon.”

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