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The Ministry of Health and Welfare (Minister Park Neung-hoo) announced that it will operate an intensive application period for customized elderly care services from Monday, June 8 to Tuesday, June 30.
The customized elderly care service, which has been implemented since January of this year, is an integration and reorganization of existing elderly care services to provide a variety of services tailored to the needs of the elderly. Currently, approximately 300,000 seniors use the services at 647 implementing agencies nationwide. I’m doing it.
This intensive application period is operated to actively identify vulnerable seniors and provide expanded care services in a situation where the use of facilities such as senior welfare facilities and senior centers is restricted due to COVID-19, deepening social disconnection and loneliness among seniors.
Seniors who wish to use customized care services for the elderly can apply through the community center of each town, town or village.
Those eligible to apply for customized care services for the elderly are those who are 65 years of age or older, recipients of the national basic livelihood security, the next lower class, or basic pension recipients and do not qualify for similar overlapping projects*. Therefore, not only senior citizens living alone, but also elderly couples and grandparents can apply. .
* Long-term care insurance for the elderly, users of the housework/nursing visit support project, users of the Veterans Home Welfare Service of the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, users of the activity support project for the disabled, etc.
If it is difficult to visit in person, you can apply by phone, mail, or fax to the town/myeon/dong community center. It is also possible for family members to prepare relevant documents such as a power of attorney and apply on your behalf.
For detailed information, including information on customized care services for the elderly, application methods, and application documents, you can contact your local town/myeon/dong community center, Health and Welfare Counseling Center (129 without area code), or Comprehensive Support Center for the Elderly Living Alone (1661-2129).
After applying for customized care services for the elderly, the selection of recipients is determined through a service target selection survey by the implementing agency and city/county/district approval.
A social worker comprehensively consults and investigates the applicant’s level of difficulty in social relationships and physical activities, cognitive decline, or depression, and is selected if it is determined that the applicant has difficulty in independent daily life.
If you are selected as a target, you can receive various services in the fields of safety support, social participation, life education, and daily life directly or in conjunction with the service provision plan.
In particular, for seniors who are eligible for customized elderly care services and have weak social relationships or high levels of depression, specialized services provide emotional support programs through individual counseling and case management to prevent suicide and alleviate depression.
Despite the spread of COVID-19, the customized care service for the elderly has complied with infectious disease safety rules and has normally provided essential services such as check-in for emotional support, safety confirmation and life education, and delivery of donations*.
In addition, we have identified elderly people in blind spots, such as those under self-quarantine and those who do not use facilities such as senior welfare centers and senior centers, and provided essential services such as checking on their well-being and linking them with donations.
* In the month of March, approximately 15,000 people were discovered who were not eligible for customized care services for the elderly, including those who did not use facilities.
In addition, in connection with the ‘Love Connecting Project for Seniors Living Alone*’, preventive and dietary supplies worth 4.88 billion won, sponsored by LG Household & Health Care and 39 other companies and organizations, were delivered to the elderly.
* The government, private companies, and organizations form partnerships with seniors living alone and provide support such as check-in on their well-being, volunteer work, and sponsorship items (122 companies and public institutions participated in 2019, caring for 530,000 seniors)
Kwak Sook-young, Senior Policy Director at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said, “We hope that customized care services will become a reliable friend for seniors who are tired of COVID-19, and we will expand care services under thorough quarantine measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and alleviate blind spots in elder care. “He said.
She also said, “I am deeply grateful for the dedication of the social workers and living support staff who are caring for the elderly on site despite the spread of COVID-19.”
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