
Supply of two ‘halfway houses’ that provide integrated medical care and care for discharged seniors with poor housing
On the 7th, Uijeongbu City in Gyeonggi Province signed an agreement with the Gyeonggi North Regional Headquarters of the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) to provide two units of 'Care Peace of Mind Housing,' which integrates medical and care services for vulnerable elderly patients discharged from hospitals.
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Uijeongbu-type Care Safe Housing is a halfway house model in which discharged seniors with poor living conditions receive integrated medical and care services for up to three months before returning home.
(Uijeongbu = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Do-yoon = Uijeongbu City, Gyeonggi-do, signed a business agreement related to ‘Care Safe Housing’ with the Northern Gyeonggi Regional Headquarters of Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) at City Hall on the 7th.
'Uijeongbu-type Care Safe Housing' is a 'Halfway House' model in which discharged seniors with poor living conditions receive integrated medical and care services for up to three months before returning home.
According to the agreement, the two organizations plan to cooperate in supplying two halfway houses for integrated care recipients who have difficulty housing after discharge.
In addition, it was decided to divide roles and establish a cooperation system for the efficient operation of care homes.
Care Safe Housing is a key infrastructure in the housing sector of the ‘Integrated Medical and Nursing Care Project’ that was implemented nationwide on March 27th.
Uijeongbu City expects to reduce re-hospitalization and re-admission of the elderly through the operation of Care Safe Housing, help them prepare for independence, and increase their settlement rate in the community.
Mayor Kim Won-ki said, “We will work with LH to create a stable residential environment so that discharged seniors who need care can return to the community in good health.”

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