City signs MOU with 7 institutions for integrated medical and long-term care program
The city of Guri signed a public-private cooperation MOU with seven service providers Friday at the city hall situation room to support the smooth operation of its integrated medical and long-term care program and a hospital discharge-linked service.
The agreement aims to establish a stable operational foundation for the 2026 integrated medical and long-term care program and the hospital discharge-linked service, and to build a public-private cooperation framework for delivering tailored care to residents in need within the community.
The seven institutions that signed the agreement are the Guri Home-Based Elderly Support Service Center, Oncare Guri, the National Welfare Guri Happy Social Service Corps, Seum Architecture, the Gyeonggi Province chapter of the Korean Physical Therapy Association, the Neutinamu Medical Welfare Social Cooperative and the Central Veterans Hospital.
Each institution will handle services in designated areas: daily living care — covering household assistance, accompanied transportation and meal support — residential environment improvement, in-home exercise support, health care manager support and hospital discharge-linked services.
Through the agreement, Guri and the participating institutions committed to fulfilling their respective roles and responsibilities in service provision and operations, identifying eligible recipients and connecting them to services, building a public-private cooperation framework and working together to manage program outcomes and improve service quality.
The signatory institutions plan to actively cooperate in linking local medical, long-term care and welfare resources so that residents can maintain healthy and safe lives where they already live, and in building a tightly woven community care network.
The total project budget is 290 million won ($205,000), which will be managed efficiently with the characteristics of each service area in mind.
Guri Mayor Shin Dong-hwa said the MOU marks "an important starting point for public-private cooperation in realizing community-integrated care," adding that the city would work closely with diverse local resources in medicine, welfare and long-term care to build what he called a "Guri-style integrated care system" — a campaign pledge from the ninth directly elected administration.
"We will continue to expand citizen-centered, tailored integrated care services so that every resident can lead a healthy and safe life where they already live," he said.
Meanwhile, Guri plans to further strengthen its community-integrated care framework this year through the integrated medical and long-term care program and the hospital discharge-linked service, providing recipients with tailored care that includes daily living support, residential environment improvement, in-home exercise support and health care manager assistance.
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