Osan Sema-dong Residents' Autonomous Committee Launches 'Elderly Living Alone Care Project'

Osan Sema-dong Residents' Autonomous Committee, selected last year as a pilot project site for neighborhood autonomous committees nationwide under the Ministry of Security and Public Administration, announced on the 12th that it will implement its own project, the 'Comprehensive Elderly Living Alone Care Project.'

The 'Comprehensive Elderly Living Alone Care Project' targets elderly living alone who are not receiving legal protection from the state, with local volunteers regularly checking and addressing matters related to meals, health, laundry, cleaning, and living environments.

Additionally, by providing comprehensive care services such as health checks, hospital visit assistance, and companionship for the elderly living alone, it is expected to eliminate blind spots in welfare services and serve as a model for community welfare based on mutual coexistence.

Sema-dong Residents' Autonomous Committee has completed preparatory work including recruitment of volunteers and selection of elderly beneficiaries to facilitate smooth project implementation, and will now launch the comprehensive elderly living alone care project starting this month.

The project initially targets 13 elderly residents aged 81 and above, with 25 volunteers assigned to provide care. Volunteers will visit beneficiary households at least once every two weeks to conduct volunteer activities.

An official from Sema-dong Residents' Autonomous Committee stated, 'We plan to recruit more volunteers and expand the project in phases to those aged 75 and above, then to those aged 65 and above,' adding 'once the project becomes stably established, approximately 190 elderly living alone residents are expected to benefit from it.'