Seongnam City Wins Ministry of Health and Welfare Minister's Award for 'Customized Elderly Care Service'

Customized Care Linkage Project for Discharged Elderly Patients Receives High Praise

Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 5th that it had been selected as an outstanding institution in the 'Customized Elderly Care Service Evaluation' organized by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and received the Minister's Award.

Seongnam City received the Minister's Award in the 'Customized Elderly Care Service Evaluation,' and the related officials are taking a commemorative photo. Provided by Seongnam City

This evaluation comprehensively reviewed three areas and five indicators across 229 local governments nationwide: operational management, including the management of service recipients, staff, and budgets for the implementation of customized elderly care services; service management, such as network meetings with local community organizations and operation of public-private consultative bodies; and project management, including the identification of new service recipients and competency-building training for staff.

Seongnam City received high praise for promoting a customized care linkage project for elderly patients discharged from hospitals.

This project, in collaboration with Bundang Seoul National University Hospital, Seongnam City Medical Center, and Seongnam City Senior Citizens Support Center, provides customized care services such as household assistance, meal support, and mobility assistance to seniors aged 65 and older who require care after hospital discharge.

From August of this year until recently, a total of 140 seniors have received these services over a period of five months.

The project was highly rated for helping seniors safely return home from the hospital and for preventing both readmission and care gaps.

Other notable initiatives included: providing 'Silver Cooling Kits'-comprising cool scarves, cool packs, cool patches, and powdered ion drinks-to 5,500 seniors living alone during the past summer; implementing a project to address gaps in elderly care; conducting research on elderly policy; and offering the 'Bureumka' service for seniors with limited mobility.

A city official stated, "This award is the result of the combined efforts of 387 care staff who have worked in the field for seniors, as well as our public-private partnership organizations. We will continue to strengthen Seongnam’s integrated care system so that seniors can live safely and healthily in their own communities."

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