Seongdong-gu Dispatches 'Human Rights Guardians' to Elderly Care Facilities
To Prevent Elder Abuse, Human Rights Guardians Dispatched Monthly for Monitoring Rights of Elderly and Workers and Listening to Residents' Concerns... Eight Local Nursing Facilities Equipped with CCTV, Operational and Installation Checks Underway Since March
Seongdong-gu, Seoul (Mayor Jung Won-oh) will dispatch human rights guardians to eight elderly care facilities in the district from this month until November to prevent abuse of residents in elderly care facilities.
On the 26th of last month, the district appointed eight human rights guardians composed of elderly welfare experts in cooperation with the Seoul Eastern Elderly Protection Agency and conducted elderly human rights education.
The human rights guardians will conduct monthly monitoring of the human rights of residents and staff at elderly care facilities, listen to residents' grievances, and serve as facilitators for human rights protection and abuse prevention.
Additionally, as part of the elderly abuse prevention project, Seongdong-gu completed the installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) in all care facilities last December with government subsidies, and has been inspecting the proper installation and operation status since March.
The main inspection items include ▲mandatory compliance with CCTV installation and management standards (required installation locations, resolution of 1.3 million pixels or higher, video information retention for 60 days) ▲measures to ensure the safety of video information ▲prohibition of use for purposes other than intended. If violations are found during on-site inspections, immediate corrective actions and follow-up measures such as fines will be implemented.
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Jung Won-oh, Mayor of Seongdong-gu, said, "We will do our best to alleviate the anxiety of elderly residents using care facilities and their guardians and to improve the quality of long-term care services." He added, "Along with this monitoring system, we will pay allowances to essential workers such as care workers and fairly evaluate the value of their labor, ultimately striving to enhance the welfare of residents and eliminate blind spots in elderly human rights."
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