Incheon Namdong District and Namdong Post Office Join Hands for Dementia Safety Network... "Securing the Golden Time for Missing Cases"

Incheon Namdong District is strengthening the local safety network for the protection of dementia patients in cooperation with the Incheon Namdong Post Office.

The district announced on the 7th that it has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Incheon Namdong Post Office to establish a cooperative system aimed at preventing the disappearance of dementia patients and creating a dementia-friendly environment.

Accordingly, the district will fully implement the 'Namdong Durusalpim' project and the 'Care Registered Mail' project.

The 'Namdong Durusalpim' project supports the early discovery and safe return of missing dementia patients by quickly sharing the personal information of missing patients with Incheon Namdong Post Office mail carriers. This is a real-time response system utilizing the post office's delivery network, which is expected to play a significant role in securing the golden time for finding missing persons.

Incheon Namdong District - Namdong Post Office Sign Agreement to Establish Dementia Safety Network

Through the 'Care Registered Mail' project, the district will send welfare registered mail to dementia patients who have been identified as high-risk households among those registered at the Dementia Safety Center. When delivering the mail, mail carriers will collect information through observation and interviews, complete a checklist based on their findings, and transmit it to the center.

The Dementia Safety Center will use this information to assess the needs of the recipients and provide customized care services by connecting them with local community resources.

Going forward, the district plans to provide dementia response training for mail carriers, enabling them to offer more professional and compassionate services to elderly residents and dementia patients.

Park Jonghyo, Mayor of Namdong District, stated, "In Incheon, about 800 reports of missing dementia patients are received every year, and this number continues to rise. We expect that this project will serve as a practical safety network for dementia patients and their families."

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