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Yanggu County in Gangwon Province convened an integrated support meeting to roll out its integrated care program, aiming to provide tailored, person-centered services and to establish a closely coordinated public–private care network.
On April 2, the county said it held its first integrated support meeting on March 25 and will convene an additional meeting on April 3 to finalize support plans that reflect the complex needs of care recipients and to review how services will be linked in practice.
The meetings are intended to help residents who need care—particularly older adults with limited mobility—remain safely and stably in their communities. Officials will evaluate each individual’s health, housing conditions, ability to perform daily activities, and emotional well-being, then develop individualized care plans.
Earlier, on March 11, the county signed memorandums of understanding with partner organizations, including the Long-Term Care and Home Medical Center, to strengthen the foundation for integrated care services. Those agreements enable the coordinated connection of local care resources and establish a basis for delivering necessary services in a timely manner.
Ten organizations are participating in the integrated support meetings with Yanggu County at the center: the Sarang Nanum Welfare Association, Areumdaun Donghaeng, Gangwon Housing Welfare Social Cooperative, the Mental Health Center, Yanggu Regional Self‑Support Center, the Council on Social Welfare, a senior club, the Dementia Relief Center, the National Pension Service, and others. Each organization will take on defined roles to integrate care, health, housing, and welfare services and will cooperate to minimize service gaps.
In particular, the meeting will recalibrate each agency’s scope of support and responsibilities based on earlier discussions so the integrated support system functions effectively in the field. The county plans to hold regular integrated support meetings to link local care resources more efficiently and to improve the quality of tailored support through ongoing case management.
Yoon Dong-gyu, head of Yanggu County’s Social Welfare Division, said, “The core of the integrated care program is connecting residents who need care with the services they need, when they need them.” He added, “We will build a field-centered, tightly knit care system based on public–private cooperation so that residents can feel the benefits of integrated care.”
Meanwhile, Yanggu County said it will continue to strengthen collaboration with partner agencies to expand customized services that meet individual needs and to shore up its support system to eliminate care blind spots.
