Ministry of Health and Welfare Expands Short-term Care Facilities for Seniors to 471 Locations

Starting next month, nearly 500 facilities will be available to provide short-term care for seniors, including overnight stays.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare and the National Health Insurance Service announced that the number of day and night care centers offering short-term care services, which include overnight care, will increase from the current 388 to 471, effective July 1.

Short-term care at day and night care centers is a service that allows seniors to continue receiving care at the facility they already use, extending from daytime care to overnight stays when family members are temporarily unable to provide care.

Even those who have not previously used these facilities can temporarily enroll to receive overnight care services.

The 471 day and night care centers will provide short-term care to individuals with long-term care grades 1 through 5.

The Ministry and the National Health Insurance Service have been verifying the effectiveness of the service through a pilot project for short-term care within day and night care centers since 2019.

According to a satisfaction survey of caregivers conducted last year regarding the pilot project, 96.8% of respondents said they were satisfied, and respondents reported that their caregiving stress decreased by 33.4% after using the service compared to before.

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