Siheung City Discusses Next Year's Integrated Care with 20 Neighborhoods... Incorporates Field Feedback

60 Welfare and Nursing Staff Attend Meeting
Discuss Identifying Residents and Linking Them to Services
Incorporate Suggestions for Improvement into Local Plan

Siheung City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Lim Byeong-taek), held a meeting titled “Sharing the 2027 Integrated Care Operational Framework and Discussing Field Communication” at the Global Center in City Hall on November 6. A total of 60 people attended, including customized welfare team leaders from 20 neighborhoods, dedicated integrated care staff, and public health nurses.

Siheung City holds a meeting to share its 2027 integrated care plans and hear from field staff at the Global Center in City Hall on the 6th. The meeting was attended by 60 people, including heads of customized welfare teams from 20 neighborhoods, dedicated integrated care staff, and nursing civil servants. Photo by Siheung City.

The meeting was organized to share the direction of next year’s integrated care policy and discuss operational measures suited to local conditions based on feedback from the field.

Participants reviewed next year’s integrated care policy, plans for operating dedicated staff, and the cooperation needed to formulate local plans. They also reviewed the roles of the city, neighborhoods, and related organizations, and shared progress to date and ways to improve services.

They also discussed challenges encountered when identifying eligible residents in each neighborhood and connecting them with services. Participants exchanged views on improving existing services and identifying new care resources.

The city plans to review the feedback raised at the meeting and incorporate it into next year’s local integrated care plan. It will strengthen cooperation among the city, neighborhoods, and related organizations to improve the care system, from identifying eligible residents to providing services and delivering follow-up care.

“Integrated care depends on identifying people who need support in a timely manner at the local level, where services are closest to residents,” said Shim Yoon-sik, director of Siheung City’s Welfare Bureau. “We will incorporate feedback from the field into policy and strengthen cooperation among organizations so residents can continue to live healthy, stable lives in the communities they call home.”

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