Gangbuk-gu Hosts Dementia Overcoming Festival

Held on the 21st from 11 AM to 4 PM at the square in front of Beondong 3 Complex Multi-Unit Welfare Housing
Featuring dementia prevention programs, elderly health management, and pre-fingerprint registration

Gangbuk-gu, Seoul (District Mayor Lee Soon-hee) will hold the ‘Dementia Overcoming Festival in the Dementia Safe Village’ on the 21st in Beondong, which has been designated as a dementia safe village.

This festival was prepared to form a social consensus that can live together with dementia and to create a positive local culture regarding dementia.

The festival will take place at the plaza in front of the Beondong Dementia Memory Care Shelter (208 Ohyeon-ro, Gangbuk-gu, Beondong 3 Complex Multi-family Welfare Housing), where various educational and experiential programs for elderly people with dementia will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

First, as part of the dementia prevention program, the district will operate cognitive activity programs such as memory tests using bead puzzles and tablet PCs, and will also provide guidance on ‘pre-fingerprint registration’ to prepare for missing elderly with dementia.

‘Pre-fingerprint registration’ is a system that registers fingerprints, photos, guardian contact information, and other personal information of elderly people with dementia in the police system. It is implemented to quickly hand over missing elderly to their guardians by using the registered data in case the elderly get lost.

In addition, the district plans to distribute ‘missing prevention bracelets’ that can record guardian contact information and other personal details. The ‘missing prevention bracelet’ is used by checking the QR code on the bracelet, which contains the pre-entered guardian’s contact information and other personal data. Detailed usage instructions and personal information registration will be conducted at the Beondong Dementia Memory Care Shelter.

Furthermore, on the day of the festival, booths related to disabilities will be operated to improve awareness of people with disabilities and provide information on various welfare programs for the disabled, along with health management support programs for the elderly such as ▲introduction to healthy diets ▲dental care education for the elderly ▲growing companion plants.

Also, the district will hold an SNS event where participants who post event photos on their SNS accounts will receive food exchange coupons, and small food items and giveaways will be provided to program participants.

Lee Soon-hee, Mayor of Gangbuk-gu, said, “Since Gangbuk-gu has a large elderly population aged 65 and over, this festival was prepared to improve health management and awareness for elderly people with dementia. We hope many elderly people participate in the festival to gain various information and, through this festival, continue to visit the Gangbuk-gu Dementia Safety Center to receive support.”