Goyang City Checks on Seniors Living Alone Through Milk Delivery... First Step Toward 'Goyang-style Integrated Care'

City Launches Milk Delivery Wellbeing Project
Care for 150 Households of Seniors Living Alone
"Untouched Milk" as a Warning Sign
Gradual Expansion to Ilsandong-gu and Ilsanseo-gu

Goyang Special City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Minkyung Sun) has officially begun implementing its key initiative for the 9th popularly elected administration: building the 'Goyang-style Integrated Care' system. The city aims to strengthen the local community’s care safety net through a public-private partnership model that delivers milk to seniors living alone, simultaneously checking on their wellbeing and detecting early signs of crisis.

Minkyung Sun, Mayor of Goyang City, signed a business agreement with the non-profit organization "Milk Delivery Asking about the Well-being of Seniors" at the city hall on the 16th. Provided by Goyang City

On the 16th, Goyang City announced on July 19 that it had signed a business agreement with the nonprofit organization ‘Milk Delivery Checking on Seniors’ Welfare’ at city hall. This agreement is the first public-private partnership project of the 9th administration, aiming to move away from application-based welfare and proactively identify households in crisis in daily life through the Goyang-style integrated care model.

According to the agreement, the nonprofit will deliver milk three times a week to about 150 households with seniors living alone in the Deogyang-gu district and check on their wellbeing. Each household will receive a total of seven bottles of milk per week; if milk is left untouched, or if there is no response to calls, the nonprofit will immediately notify the city about these warning signs.

If a report is received, Goyang City will conduct an on-site check and promptly connect the individual to needed services such as medical care, nursing, or welfare support. The focus is to go beyond simple food assistance in order to prevent solitary deaths and reduce welfare blind spots.

Starting with this project, the city plans to gradually expand the program’s coverage from Deogyang-gu to Ilsandong-gu and Ilsanseo-gu.

Mayor Minkyung Sun emphasized, "This agreement is not just about milk delivery; it is a public-private partnership model in which the community as a whole looks after citizens in need of care. Moving forward, we will continue working with various private organizations to develop a robust integrated care system so that residents can live safely and healthily in their own neighborhoods."

Meanwhile, since its establishment in 2003, the nonprofit organization ‘Milk Delivery Checking on Seniors’ Welfare’ has expanded from supporting 100 households to currently operating in 72 local governments nationwide, providing wellbeing checks and milk deliveries to around 6,000 seniors and other vulnerable individuals.

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