Yeoju City Connects 'Isolation in Bed' to Community-Integrated Care

[Suwon Ilbo=Eom In-yong Reporter] Yeoju City announced on the 9th that it is implementing on-site health and welfare counseling for residents in need of care and promoting activities to discover integrated care targets and link services.

The visited household consisted of individuals where both spouses have severe cerebral palsy and were classified as Grade 1 for long-term care insurance, requiring long-term bedridden care. They are living at home while receiving in-home long-term care services with support from their children.

The household has previous experience with facility care but hopes to maintain their current living arrangement rather than residing in a facility. This is a case requiring continued medical and care support, such as bedsore management and chronic disease management.

Accordingly, this case exemplifies a typical target for the integrated care system that supports living 'in one's current home rather than in a facility.'

In response, the city carefully examined the medical and care needs of the target individuals and established a customized support plan including integrated care visiting bathing services, linkage with long-term care home-based medical centers, and visiting pharmaceutical support services, and has begun full-scale personalized support.

Seo Mi-ran, Team Leader of the City's Elderly Welfare Division, stated, "We continue to conduct on-site counseling to enable residents in need of care to live safely within their familiar communities," and added, "Going forward, we will actively link health, medical, long-term care, and care services to strengthen a resident-centered integrated care system."