Groundbreaking for 'Anyang Municipal Dementia-Specialized Care Facility' on the 9th...Aims for 2027 Opening

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Eom In-yong] Anyang City held a groundbreaking ceremony for the 'Anyang Municipal Dementia-Specialized Care Facility' on the 9th afternoon at the construction site in Hogyeong-dong, Dongan-gu, 172-8.

The ceremony was attended by approximately 100 people including Mayor Choi Dae-ho, elderly welfare officials, and local residents, who together celebrated the full-fledged launch of Anyang City's first municipal care facility.

The event proceeded in the order of progress report, remarks and congratulatory speeches, and a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony for safety. Participants wrote hope messages for the Anyang Municipal Dementia-Specialized Care Facility at the site and placed them in a 'hope message box' to deliver to the mayor.

Additionally, Anyang City shared the direction of community care it should pursue, including 'a city that preserves memories,' 'care that makes everyone happy,' and 'overcoming dementia together,' and conducted commemorative photography.

The Anyang Municipal Dementia-Specialized Care Facility, which had its groundbreaking today, will be built with a total project cost of 25.9 billion won, with a structure of one basement level and three stories above ground spanning a total floor area of 4,941 square meters, capable of accommodating 150 seniors.

Major facilities will include dementia-dedicated wards, general wards, physical therapy rooms, program rooms, and a rooftop garden. In particular, the facility will adopt a unit care system that is being introduced in advanced countries such as European nations to create living spaces similar to homes, and plans to provide customized care services that are safer and more comfortable for seniors with dementia.

Mayor Choi Dae-ho said, "I am deeply moved to finally turn the first soil for the construction of the municipal care facility, which has long been a cherished project of Anyang City," and added, "We will build a municipal care facility that both seniors and their families can trust with confidence, living up to the expectations of citizens who have waited so long."