Gwangjin-gu Launches Pilot Project for Integrated Medical and Care Support

Selected for Ministry of Health and Welfare Public Project, Proactive Response Ahead of Care Integration Support Act Implementation
Receiving Technical Support Including Educational Support, Consulting, Information Utilization, and Collaboration with National Health Insurance Service
Advancing Toward Realizing a Win-Win Welfare City through Establishment of ‘Gwangjin-type Integrated Care System’

Gwangjin-gu (District Mayor Kim Kyung-ho) was selected on the 5th for the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s public project, the ‘2025 Medical and Care Integrated Support Technology Support Pilot Project.’

According to the district, as of November 2024, the population aged 65 and over is 59,051, accounting for 17.8% of the total population of 332,571. The day of entering a super-aged society is not far off. It is time to deeply consider proper integrated support promotion plans for ‘community care’ as defined in the ‘Act on Integrated Support for Community Care such as Medical and Nursing Care’ (hereinafter referred to as the Integrated Care Support Act), which will be enforced in March 2026.

Medical and care integrated support is a service that integrally supports residents in need of care to receive housing, care, and medical services where they live. This is a good opportunity to supplement problems and prepare effective promotion plans ahead of the full-scale implementation in 2026. Among Seoul’s autonomous districts, three participate in this technology support pilot project, which focuses on education and consulting.

Starting from January next year, the district will receive broad support including ▲ customized 1:1 consulting ▲ establishing a collaboration system with the National Health Insurance Service ▲ discovering target individuals using big data ▲ utilizing the integrated support system ▲ and frequent participation in educational programs. Based on this, the district plans to realize stable old-age life support and seamless medical services without blind spots, which are pledges of the 8th elected administration, moving closer to a ‘win-win welfare city.’

Kim Kyung-ho, Mayor of Gwangjin-gu, said, “Living healthily where one lives is a basic human desire. Through this pilot project, we will build a ‘Gwangjin-type integrated care system’ so that the elderly can live happily in the community,” and added, “We will continue to provide meticulous welfare services without blind spots through customized integrated care.”

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