First Municipal Nursing Facility 'Hwaseong Silver Dream Center' to Open in January

Hwaseong Special City (Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun) announced on the 11th that it is recruiting residents for the 'Hwaseong Silver Dream Center,' the first municipal nursing facility to open doors, to provide elderly residents in the region with safe and professional care services.

The Hwaseong Silver Dream Center, under construction in Hagil-ri, Hyangnam-eup, Manseok-gu, is a public elderly nursing facility that can accommodate a total of 110 residents, including 92 in general rooms and 18 in specialized dementia care units, with the goal of accepting residents in January.

The facility will include dementia-specialized care units as well as bedrooms, physical therapy rooms, program rooms, dining facilities, and oral health clinics. Bedrooms will be primarily configured as four-bed rooms, with common facilities arranged so that 8-14 residents can live as a single living unit.

Resident recruitment will be divided into priority recruitment (20%) and general recruitment (80%), with priority recruitment targets including recipients of basic livelihood security (basic living and medical benefits) and national merit and honor recipients. The application period runs from 9 a.m. on November 23 through 6 p.m. on November 29, with early closing if the priority recruitment limit is reached.

General recruitment will proceed from 9 a.m. on November 30 through 6 p.m. on December 20. However, if the total number of applicants, including priority recruitment applicants, reaches 330 (three times the capacity), the application period will close regardless of the specified timeline. Priority recruitment eligible applicants who fail to apply during the priority recruitment period may also apply during general recruitment.

Application eligibility requires applicants to have resident registration in Hwaseong City as of the application date and to have resided there for at least one year. Applicants must have "facility benefits" listed on their long-term care certification and "elderly nursing facility" marked as the desired benefit type in their individual long-term care usage plan.

Shin Hyun-joo, Director of Care and Welfare, stated: "With the opening of the Hwaseong Silver Dream Center, we expect the public elderly welfare infrastructure in the region to be significantly strengthened. We are making full preparations for the opening so that elderly residents and their families can have peace of mind in entrusting their care to this facility."

The center will be constructed as a 6,601-square-meter facility with one basement level and three above-ground floors. Construction began in December 2024 with completion scheduled for this year. The total project cost is 37.418 billion won, funded by 4.351 billion won in national funds, 761.46 million won in provincial funds, and 32.305 billion won in city funds.