Hanam City Holds Briefing Session on Long-term Care Facility Designation Renewal System

[Suwon Ilbo=Um In-yong Reporter] Hanam City held a 'designation renewal system briefing session' on the 27th at the auditorium on the 2nd floor of the Hanam City Disability Welfare Center, attended by approximately 60 representatives and employees of long-term care facilities in the city.

The briefing session was organized to prepare for the first-ever designation renewal review as the validity period of long-term care facilities designated before December 12, 2019, uniformly expires on December 11 this year, in accordance with Article 32-4 and supplementary provisions of the Long-term Care Insurance Act for the Elderly.

The training is being conducted by Hanam City's Division of Elderly and Disabled Welfare and covers procedures including △renewal notice and application submission △document review and on-site inspection △designation review committee examination △renewal decision and notification, as well as explanations on key evaluation items such as facility and personnel standards, history of service provision, and operational plans and performance.

Currently, 123 long-term care facilities are operating in Hanam City, of which 49 are subject to designation renewal this year, 13 next year, and 16 in 2027 will undergo renewal reviews sequentially.

Jung Yu-jung, Director of the Division of Elderly and Disabled Welfare, stated "we organized this briefing session to reduce confusion in the field ahead of the newly introduced designation renewal system" and added "I was impressed by the high level of interest and active participation from institutional representatives, and we will continue to provide support for high-quality service provision."