"Healthy Aging at Home"... Gwangmyeong Launches Customized Care with 'AIP Coordinator' Service

Business Agreement Signed with Cheolsan Comprehensive Social Welfare Center and Gwangmyeong Comprehensive Welfare Center for the Disabled
Integrated Support from Beneficiary Identification to Service Coordination and Follow-up Management
Six Coordinators to Be Deployed On-site Starting in June... Strengthening Community-Based Integrated Care

Gwangmyeong City in Gyeonggi Province is moving forward in earnest with a customized care service to help seniors and people with disabilities continue living healthy lives in their familiar homes rather than in facilities.

Acting Mayor Hye-Min Choi of Gwangmyeong (Deputy Mayor, center) is taking a commemorative photo on the afternoon of the 12th at the city hall video conference room after signing a business agreement for the operation of the AIP Coordinator Service with Young-Hee Bang, Director of the Gwangmyeong Comprehensive Welfare Center for the Disabled (left), and Young-Seon Kim, Director of the Cheolsan Comprehensive Social Welfare Center. Provided by Gwangmyeong City

On the afternoon of May 12, Gwangmyeong City announced that it had signed a business agreement for the operation of the AIP Coordinator Service with the Cheolsan Comprehensive Social Welfare Center and the Gwangmyeong Comprehensive Welfare Center for the Disabled at the City Hall video conference room.

The AIP Coordinator Service is a community-based integrated care project that comprehensively assesses the health condition, living environment, and care needs of citizens requiring care, then connects and manages appropriate welfare services.

Dedicated coordinators support the entire process—from beneficiary assessment, needs analysis, service referral, implementation management, to follow-up—fulfilling the role of 'customized care designer.'

Under the agreement, both welfare centers will assign dedicated coordinators starting in June.

Six coordinators will be deployed, with two assigned to each of the three regions formed by dividing the city's 19 administrative districts; these coordinators will focus on providing intensive support for seniors aged 65 and older who require complex care. The remaining two coordinators will provide tailored integrated care services for individuals under 65 with severe disabilities, such as physical or brain impairments, and for elderly people with disabilities.

Notably, the participation of welfare centers that have long been part of the local community as the main implementers is expected to enable more effective on-the-ground beneficiary identification and support. Furthermore, the organic collaboration of public and private welfare resources is expected to strengthen the establishment of a community-based integrated care system.

Acting Mayor Hyemin Choi of Gwangmyeong (Vice Mayor) stated, "The core of community-based integrated care is supporting citizens in need so they can maintain their daily lives within their familiar environment and community. Gwangmyeong City will continue to carefully look after each and every citizen and build a thorough care system so that everyone can live healthy and safe lives in their own homes."

Meanwhile, after being selected for Gyeonggi Province's '365 Safety Link Project' contest, Gwangmyeong City is actively promoting five key initiatives: the AIP Coordinator Service, Visiting Care Physician, Daily Life Recovery Care Home, Daily Life Recovery Treatment Station, and Community Care Garden.

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