Songpa-gu Provides Early Screening Service through 'Visiting Dementia Safety Center'

Apartment Complexes, Senior Centers, and Community Centers Visited
One-Stop Service Linking Dementia Prevention and Treatment

Seongpa-gu, Seoul operates a 'Visiting Dementia Safety Center.' Provided by Seongpa-gu Office.

Songpa-gu, Seoul (District Mayor Seo Gang-seok) announced on the 19th that it will operate a mobile vehicle-based “Visiting Dementia Safety Center” to directly reach elderly residents throughout the district for early detection and timely treatment of dementia until October this year.

The district planned the “Visiting Dementia Safety Center” to improve accessibility to early dementia screening for all residents who find it difficult to visit the center. Launched for the first time last year, it visited every corner of Songpa-gu, providing free dementia screening tests to 2,135 residents, and offered one-stop early dementia screening services including treatment linkage based on diagnosis and dementia prevention programs, receiving great positive feedback.

This year, Songpa-gu’s “Visiting Dementia Safety Center” will directly visit residents’ daily living spaces such as apartments, senior centers, neighborhood parks, and community centers within the district to help detect dementia early in elderly residents and support prevention and management.

For early dementia detection, the center provides ▲Cognitive Impairment Screening Test (CIST) to all residents who wish to be tested. The cognitive screening test is conducted in a one-on-one Q&A format for about 15 minutes, and if cognitive decline is suspected based on the results, residents are linked to the Songpa-gu Dementia Safety Center for guidance on appropriate treatment methods.

Programs to improve memory such as ▲Dementia Prevention OX Quiz and ▲Making Interior Accessories are also operated. Through various programs, the district strives to spread correct awareness about dementia and reduce psychological burdens related to treatment, thereby strengthening disease management capabilities.

Residents participating in dementia tests and programs are also provided with beverages made by the mobile caf? “Memory Caf?.”

In addition to this project, the Songpa-gu Public Health Center Dementia Safety Center promotes various initiatives such as dementia counseling and registration management, free provision of hygiene products necessary for dementia patient care, and dementia prevention programs. For more details, please contact the Songpa-gu Dementia Safety Center.

District Mayor Seo Gang-seok stated, “Through the Visiting Dementia Safety Center, we will focus more on health promotion projects to prevent dementia and improve treatment and management capabilities so that elderly residents can live healthy and happy lives.”

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