Gwangju City Enacts "Ordinance on Integrated Support for Local Care"...Full Implementation Begins March 27

Gwangju City Establishes Legal Basis for
"Gwangju-Style Integrated Care" Allowing Care at Home

Administrative Capacity Focused Through Adoption of Integrated Support Ordinance

Gwangju City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 12th that it has established the legal and administrative foundations in preparation for the law taking effect on March 27, after the ordinance bill on integrated support for local care, including medical and nursing care, was adopted at the 322nd extraordinary session of the Gwangju City Council held on the 6th.

Gwangju City has established the legal and administrative groundwork in preparation for the enforcement of the Ordinance on Integrated Support for Community Care, including medical and long-term care, which was approved at the 322nd extraordinary session of the Gwangju City Council held on the 6th. The photo shows the appointment ceremony and the 1st regular meeting of the Gwangju City Integrated Support Council. Photo by Gwangju City, Gyeonggi Province.

The ordinance adopted this time lays out the operational basis for building the "Gwangju-style integrated care" system, which enables citizens who have difficulty with daily living to receive the necessary care services in an integrated manner while continuing to live in their place of residence. The main provisions include: establishing and implementing regional plans; setting up an integrated support window and a dedicated organization; establishing, organizing, and operating an integrated support council; formulating individual support plans; providing integrated care services; and operating integrated support meetings.

Accordingly, the city has secured an institutional foundation to provide customized integrated care services in line with the enforcement of the Act on Integrated Support for Local Care Including Medical and Nursing Care. Once the law comes into force, the city plans to fully operate an administrative system that can systematically respond to local care needs.

To ensure the制度 takes root and to discover service resources, the city plans to hold meetings with related public and private organizations and to build a cooperative system with large hospitals in the region in order to promote support projects for discharged patients. In addition, by working with various institutions to diversify integrated reception windows, the city intends to strengthen linkage systems for the provision of integrated services.

Mayor Bang Sehwan said, "With the enactment of the ordinance and the completion of the establishment of the operational system, we are now able to provide stable and differentiated integrated care services to citizens starting March 27," adding, "We will deliver meticulous, experience-based welfare administration close to citizens so that they can spend their later years comfortably in the places where they were born and raised."

Meanwhile, in January, prior to the制度 taking effect, the city created a dedicated Integrated Care Team as the exclusive organization for integrated care and drew up the 2026 Gwangju City Integrated Care Project implementation plan. In addition, by forming and operating the Integrated Support Council and Integrated Support Meetings, the city has completed the establishment of an administrative operating system to provide customized integrated care services.

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