Songpa-gu in Seoul will begin distributing road-name address safety stickers to single-elderly households in September.
The project is designed to help elderly residents living alone quickly relay their home address to emergency services such as 119, securing the critical window for rescue.
Elderly people living alone often struggle to accurately communicate their address during emergencies, causing delays in rescue. The road-name address safety sticker gives them an immediate visual reference at such moments.
Each sticker measures 15 centimeters wide by 16 centimeters tall, is coated to resist tearing, and is easy to read at a glance. A blank space in the center allows residents to write in their road-name address and the contact number of a nearby person, while emergency numbers for police, fire department and other services are printed directly on the sticker.
The stickers come in two forms — magnetic and adhesive — so residents can choose to place them on a refrigerator, a light switch or any other highly visible spot.
The material is reflective, keeping the sticker legible even in the dark or during a power outage, so residents can quickly check their address during a nighttime emergency.
The stickers will be distributed to 1,526 residents aged 65 or older in Songpa-gu who receive customized elderly care services — a category that includes recipients of basic livelihood benefits, near-poverty support, or the basic pension. Lifestyle support workers will visit each household in person to deliver the stickers and explain how to use them by the end of September.
"A single safety sticker can serve as a lifeline for an elderly resident in a critical moment," Songpa-gu District Mayor Seo Gang-seok said. "We will continue to pay close attention to even the smallest details of daily life so that elderly residents living alone can feel safe and secure at home."
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