Selected in the Ministry of Health and Welfare public project… Secured national largest scale subsidy of 336 million won
Gwangju Metropolitan City <Photo> is expanding ’emergency care’ service that provides assistance and transportation support for citizens in need of care but without family members to care for them. Provided by Gwangju Metropolitan City
, “【Financial News Gwangju=Reporter Hwang Tae-jong】Gwangju Metropolitan City is expanding ’emergency care’ services that provide assistance and transportation support for citizens in need of care but without family to care for them.”,
, “According to Gwangju City on the 23rd, it was selected for the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s public project ‘2024 Emergency Care Support Project’ and secured the largest national scale subsidy of 336 million won.”,
, “‘Emergency care’ is a project that provides temporary home visiting care, housework, and transportation support for citizens who do not have family members to care for them due to the sudden absence of caregivers such as illness or injury, or who are unable to use other services.”,
, “Previously, starting in April last year, Gwangju City supported its own ’emergency care services’ in order to establish a dense care safety net as an innovative model of public care called ‘Gwangjudam Integrated Care’.”,
, “Subsequently, in March, the Ministry of Health and Welfare introduced ’emergency care’ to resolve blind spots in public care services, and as a result, Gwangju City was selected as the implementation area through the public project with additional secured national funding. It is expected that the scale and number of emergency care support in Gwangju region will increase significantly.”,
, “So far, Gwangju City has stabilized the service structure by putting in place the ‘Gwangjudam Integrated Care’ delivery system, where when citizens apply at their neighborhood administrative welfare center, the neighborhood official assesses the level of care needed and requests services from the service provider. The government’s ’emergency care’ also has the same service system, allowing Gwangju City to carry out the project immediately without any special preparation compared to other cities/provinces.”,
, “Citizens who wish to use the ’emergency care services’ can apply at their neighborhood administrative welfare center or through a care call. They can also make a request through the hospital’s discharge support room, and in this case, they can use the service without on-site confirmation from the neighborhood administrative welfare center.”,
, “Services can be selected within a maximum range of 30 days (72 hours). Anyone can use the service regardless of income level, but the costs are charged differentially based on income level. Those with a median income of 120% or less can use the service for free, while those with over 120% income level must bear some or all of the costs (30% to 100%) themselves.”,
, “Son Ok-soo, director of the Welfare and Health Division at Gwangju City, said, ‘It is important to provide appropriate care services so that citizens in urgent crisis situations who urgently need help can return to their daily routines quickly,’ adding, ‘Together with Gwangjudam Integrated Care, we will do our best to resolve the blind spots in citizens’ care and provide tailored care services.'”]